Begining of France Art Guy of Vietnam History.

School of Fine Arts Indochinese, the director -Victor Tardieu

1) Role of the Arts College of Indochinaว; the director -Victor Tardieu (translated by google)

In the Art Literature Review, the weekly Asiaweek celebrates 25 years of presence (11/2000) has asserted that Vietnam Painting progress in Asia. (*) Many commentators think that is thanks Vietnam established the earliest school of Fine Arts: Fine Arts College of Indochina (École des Beaux Arts de L ‘Indochine) established in 1924, director: artist Victor Tardieu, the French.

Victor Tardieu have the opportunity to visit the temples, tombs, to study the fine arts industry, our art and realize that Vietnam is a traditional art unique, rich taste of Vietnamese people are very subtle. Therefore, he actively lobbied for the establishment of schools and the Governor Merlin passed on 27-10-1924. By 1925, the new school really taught the first course, all the French faculty, just as a teacher of Vietnamese Nguyen Nam Son. By 1930, the first class of students graduated.

“School of Fine Arts Indochinese impart perspective in science allows telecommunications access has been completed from Renaissance Italy … Of course, this scientific perspective has helped four, five-century European painting scholarly achieving aspirations describe ingenious, beautiful and reasonable all objects in space, first of all correctly (in percentage dark, light, dark and light, perspective …). If expression the advantages of formal training, to get drawn to the European science lesson. ” (1)

Though always opposed the colonial government, heavily attacked because that costs too much without any particular benefit, Victor Tardieu still persevere to the protection exist until 1945 to stop new operations: “Within less than 1 / 4 short century, the Indochina Fine Arts School has devoted a class to the avant-garde artist painting modern Vietnam. The painter, was renewing language visual language, overturning all the old habits, is a comprehensive revolution thoroughly, to lay the foundation for a new art entirely. ” (2)

School has trained the big names: Tran Van Can, Nguyen Phan Chanh, Nguyen Do Cung, Vu Cao Dam, Le Van De (later Director of College of Fine Arts Gia Dinh province), Luong Xuan Nhi, Le Pho, Nguyen Gia Tri, To Ngoc Van, … then the best talent in the last generation of schools such as Nguyen Tu Nghiem, Bui Xuan Phai, Nguyen Sang, …

Victor Tardieu great esteem, and uplift, encourage and guide dedicated to the talents of Vietnam. He personally brought the artist’s paintings of French Indochina during the exhibition on display at the Paris market effects colonies in 1931, then in Rome, London and achieved success. Victor Tardieu and the merit of this school is enormous, if not, Vietnam visual arts will also be considered to coincide with Chinese art!

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read more next artical related to this artical

• part 1 : Paris – Hanoi – Saigon: adventure of modern art in Vietnam
• part 2 : French teachers of The school of Fine Arts of Indochina
• part3:  1st Generation of The school of Fine Arts of Indochina
• part4: War Time
• part5: Renewel Time

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