Farmers 農民
ink and colors on silk, 1941
彩墨絹本 1941年作
Estimate: 600,000 - 800,000 HKD
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Tran Van Can’s Farmers is an exceptionally rare composition by the Vietnamese artist, painted in the highly coveted medium of silk. Dated 1941, this delicately painted composition leads the sale. The present lot features four sanguine villagers in the foreground jovially walking towards the viewer’s space while effortlessly carrying bundles of hay over their shoulders. The scene overlooks a receding landscape and horizon line peppered with trees and a farmhouse that cast their reflections on a sweeping water body stretching across the picture plane.
Born in 1910, Tran Van Can was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts d'Indochine who worked with a variety of mediums, from lacquer, woodblock printing, oil painting and silk. He served as the director of the Vietnam College of Fine Arts from 1955 to 1964, became the general secretary of the Vietnamese Fine Arts Association between 1958 and 1983. By 1983, the maestro became the President of the Vietnamese association of Plastic Arts.
《農民》以備受藏家青睞的絹本為媒材，是越南知名藝術家陳文瑾不可多得的珍罕作例。《農民》於1941年面世，是今場拍賣的領銜之作。在畫面前景中，四個臉色紅潤的農民正愉快地步向觀者；她們步履輕盈，肩上扛著捆捆乾草。人物後方的地平線向遠方伸延，錯落有致的綠木與農舍在寬廣的水面上投出片片倒影，佔據大片畫面。
陳文瑾生於1910年，曾求學於中南半島美術學院。他的作品廣涉不同媒材，包括漆畫、油畫、木版印刷及絹本畫。1955至1964年間，陳文瑾出任越南美術學院院長，並於1958 至 1983年擔任越南美術協會秘書長。1983年，陳文瑾成為越南造型藝術協會會長。
