TRAN DAC | Market Scene in a Country Village

This work is in good overall condition as viewed. There is some discoloration to the silk due to the age of the work. There are some fold marks and creases, including two more prominent vertical lines down the center of the work with separations/tearing to the silk weave. There are some scuffs along the bottom left quadrant. There are some faint, small, white accretions scattered across the surface of the work, but these could be media accretions that are inherent to the work itself. Framed, under plexi glass.
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The painter Tran Dac worked well on silk and moved to South Vietnam along with two of his contemporaries Tran Van Tho and Tran Phuc Duyen in 1954. These three artists were students of the last class of the Fine Arts School of Hanoi, however they could not complete their course as the school was closed in 1945. Known for his silk paintings, Tran Dac illustrates traditional Vietnamese rural life and the buzzling occupations of villagers in this large work.