Vietnamese Lacquer Paintings

Lacquer traditional comes in 3 colors :brown – black and vermilion. By the 1930s , artists started to use a new technique known as chiseling which give a richer mix of colors and added sense of size and distance. The painting is done on wood. To create a painting ,first step, the artist has to make a base . The base experiences many complicated but interesting process such as be filled by a mixing of silt , sawdust and nature lacquer then smoothes it with sandpaper. Then it is soaked in water to remove any bubbles that may burst under the lacquer once it is painted. It is dried, then painted layer of lacquer, dried again, and sanded once more. Do these steps about 10 times until the base look smoothest. After polishing , this gives a smooth black surface with a brilliant luster . Next step , he painter use hot lacquer top draw the outline of a picture and the color are applied one by one , layer upon layer . Each coat dries slowly in the appropriated temperature. The finishing touches consist of polishing , washing the picture . This process may seem like brutal treatment for a work of art . but it’s done with a great care. This leaves a brilliant surface on a painting. Nowadays , besides lacquer paint is a main material , the artist use more various mediums such as golden leaves, gold inlaid , silver dust, egg shells, mother of pearl , but making artworks by traditional method is never change. The additional materials help the modern artists to express themselves fully and add creativity and individuality of style to their art works.

About artist Tran Tuan Long
Tran Tuan Long was born in Quang ninh , Vietnam. He graduated from The University of Art in Ha Noi. He’s a member of The Fine Arts Association of Viet Nam.
The main exhibition in Vietnam and over seas :
1990 Alliance Francaice Ha Noi.

1991 Exhibition for young artist French and Viet Nam II.

Asian Art exhibition' in Denvercolorado ,USA.

1992 Gallery 16 Ngo Quyen ,Ha Noi.

1995 Young Artist exhibition of Viet Nam II

1996 Gallery 16 Ngo Quyen ,Ha Noi.

1997 A winding river-The Journey of Contemporary Art of Viet Nam in Washington DC-USA

1998 Solo exhibition in Ha Noi.

1999 VIET NAM-ASEAN Fine Art Award Exhibition

2000 Group Exhibition 'HANOI 'S ART 2000,In Hanoi

2000 National Fine Art Exhibition in Hanoi.

In 1996 He won Prize of the Asean Art of the Philip Morris Group of Companies and he won many awards of Vietnam Fine Arts Association, too.
In 2003, artist Bui Tuan Long won a prize of Vietnam Fine Art Association with the painting that named SARS

About Artist Bui Huu Hung

Bui Huu Hung is a one of the famous artist in lacquer traditional painting .He was born in Hanoi in 1957.He graduated from Hanoi Fine arts University and is a member of Viet nam Fine Art Association. Since 1975 he studied lacquer painting with lacquer artists at traditional lacquer workshops.

Coming from a family of skilled antique reproducers, Bui Huu Hung masters
the most complicated technique of traditional lacquerers ordinarily applied
in temples and now transformed into the technique of lacquer painting.
Color and color shading in his paintings seem to be inspired by the resonance of color in the religious architecture of ancient Viet Nam.

His paintings are a unique world with simple figure block and covered with dark colors. Sometimes , the object isn’t at just center of work , they’re seem like floating .That’s exited people a deeply magic about life , death , creator and destruction.
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His road is profound and long, hardly recognizable through a few works. It is the
expression of reflections about the underground veins of inner feelings and the national culture.

His main theme consist of ;landscape , portrait ,daily life...
Name of some works ; ancient village , queen ,double harvest ,summer holiday , morning...He .
His paintings are displayed in many exhibitions in Vietnam and overseas.

Lacquer traditional comes in 3 colors :brown – black and vermilion. By the 1930s , artists started to use a new technique known as chiseling which give a richer mix of colors and added sense of size and distance.
The painting is done on wood. To create a painting ,first step, the artist has to make a base . The base experiences many complicated but interesting process such as be filled by a mixing of silt , sawdust and nature lacquer then smoothes it with sandpaper. Then it is soaked in water to remove any bubbles that may burst under the lacquer once it is painted. It is dried, then painted layer of lacquer, dried again, and sanded once more. Do these steps about 10 times until the base look smoothest.

After polishing , this gives a smooth black surface with a brilliant luster .
Next step , he painter use hot lacquer top draw the outline of a picture and the color are applied one by one , layer upon layer . Each coat dries slowly in the appropriated temperature.

The finishing touches consist of polishing , washing the picture . This process may seem like brutal treatment for a work of art . but it’s done with a great care. This leaves a brilliant surface on a painting.

Nowadays , besides lacquer paint is a main material , the artist use more various mediums such as golden leaves, gold inlaid , silver dust, egg shells, mother of pearl , but making artworks by traditional method is never change.
The additional materials help the modern artists to express themselves fully and add creativity and individuality of style to their art works.

In 1996 He won Prize of the Asean Art of the Philip Morris Group of Companies and he won many awards of Vietnam Fine Arts Association, too.
In 2003, artist Bui Tuan Long won a prize of Vietnam Fine Art Association with the painting that named SARS