Development of Vietnamese Painting in the Period 1925-1945

Author's name: Kateřina Oberfalzerová School: Charles University, Prague Faculty of Arts Institute of East Asian Studies Celetná 20, 116 42 Praha 1 Program: Ethnology specialized in Vietnamese studies Title: Development of Vietnamese Painting in the Period 1925-1945 Consultant: Mgr. Mária Strašáková, Ph. D. Number of pages: 50 Number of attachments: 21 Year: 2013 Key words: traditional art, Fine Arts of Indochina, technics, two schools of art, painters Abstract: The B.A. work analyses the beginnings of modern Vietnamese painting in the years 1925-1945. It outlines the development of the Hanoi School of Belles Arts and describes the system of teaching the art subjects at the time of French colonialism. The work further deals with individual painters of the first and second generation after the foundation of the School of Belles Arts to its closure in the year 1945, which is divided into two principle trends. The aim of the work is to present a survey of these two generations of painters and to show their importance for modern arts in Vietnam in the following decades of the 20th century. The Attachment of the work includes pictures of paintings and photographs