Rating and value of paintings and silk paintings by Luong Xuan Nhi

Paintings and lacquers by Xuan Nhi Luong trade up to €590,000 on the auction market. An appraisal enables us to accurately determine the price of your Xuan Nhi Luong work on the current market and to optimize, if necessary, the sale of a work.

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Rating and value of the artist Xuan Nhi Luong

The artist Xuan Nhi Luong leaves behind a distinctive body of work, composed mainly of lacquer and paint. He is Vietnamese. Now, the prices of his works are rising under the auctioneers' gavel.

The price at which they sell on the art market ranges from €250 to €590,000, a significant gap but one that says a lot about the value that can be attributed to Xuan Nhi Luong's works. He is especially prized by buyers from Hong Kong, Vietnam and France.

In 2021, an ink on silk entitled The Knitting, dating from 1941, sold for €590,000, whereas it was estimated at between €160,000 and €200,000.

Order of value from a simple work to the most prestigious

Situate the artist

Period

Xuan Nhi Luong (1914 - 2006) is a painter who worked in the context of the continuity of modern Vietnamese painting stemming from the legacy of the Indochina School of Fine Arts.

He was part of the generation active after Vietnam's major political changes, in a phase of gradual opening up of the national art scene. He is developing his activity at a time of stylistic diversification in contemporary Vietnamese art.

Currents

Xuan Nhi Luong is part of late Vietnamese modernism, which consists of a synthesis between Western academic principles (organization of space, color work, construction of the drawing) and plastic sensibility stemming from local traditions.

His stylized representations of figures, landscapes or genre scenes are characterized by formal simplification and a quest for compositional balance. His treatment of motif is sensitive and atmospheric, eschewing simple naturalistic description.

He thus continues the national aesthetic, following in the footsteps of modern Vietnamese painting alongside artists such as Hoang Lap Ngon, Nguyen Anh or Hoang Tich Chu.

Hoang Lap Ngon's life

Cultural context

Born in 1914, Luong Xuan Nhi developed his work in a context marked by the transition between colonial times, independence struggles and national cultural recomposition.

His production favors easel painting, particularly in oil and on silk, with a particular focus on the female figure, scenes of daily life and landscapes, recurring themes in Vietnamese modernism.

His style is characterized by a synthesis of Western academic construction, Asian decorative sense and search for chromatic harmony, which contributes to the affirmation of a modern Vietnamese pictorial language. he also plays an important pedagogical role in post-war Vietnamese artistic training.  

Artistic and intellectual guidance

His training is part of the pedagogical legacy of Victor Tardieu and Joseph Inguimberty, central figures at the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine. His generation includes Mai Thu, Le Pho and Nguyen Phan Chanh, who are committed to the definition of a Vietnamese artistic modernity.

His institutional and pedagogical activities place him at the heart of Vietnamese artistic networks in the second half of the 20th century, contributing to the transmission of modernist aesthetic models.

Techniques of Luong Xuan Nhi

Artist's style

Luong Xuan Nhi focuses on poetic, intimate figuration, centered on depictions of Vietnamese women and domestic scenes. His drawing is supple and elegant, characterized by fluid contours and a masterful simplification of volumes.

His palette is clear and luminous, often dominated by pastel tones that contribute to a serene mood.

The combined influence of French academic teaching and Asian silk painting is perceptible in the flatness and delicacy of the treatment. He constantly strives for decorative harmony between figure and background, favoring visual balance over dramatic effect.

Focus on a key work 

Jeune femme à l'éventail, mid-20th century

The composition centers on an isolated female figure, favoring an intimate reading. Luong Xuan Nhi's delicate treatment of the face and hands reveals a mastery of academic drawing tempered by an Asian sensibility.

His palette is soft and nuanced, and he simplifies the setting so as to enhance the model's presence without narrative overload. Spatial organization is relatively flat, inherited from the tradition of silk painting.

This is an emblematic work that illustrates Luong Xuan Nhi's synthesis of Western modernity and Vietnamese aesthetics.

FAQ - How to appraise a work by Luong Xuan Nhi?

1) What importance does the silk technique play in the appraisal?

Paintings on silk, which are particularly representative of the artist, are the subject of specific attention with regard to the quality of execution, the transparency of the pictorial layers and the state of conservation, as this medium is structurally fragile.

2)   What stylistic criteria specific to the artist are decisive?

For this artist, it is first a question of analyzing the delicacy of the modeling, the softness of the palette and the elegant stylization of female figures and intimate scenes, major characteristics of his plastic language stemming from the synthesis between Vietnamese tradition and academic training.  

3)    What role do provenance and scientific documentation  play?

A clearly established provenance, presence in specialized exhibitions or publications and consistency with the corpus of artists from the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine are essential factors in securing and enhancing value.

Market segmentation

Price of works

Luong Xuan Nhi occupies an intermediate-high segment of the Indochinese market, with solid critical recognition but a generally lower quotation than Mai Thu or Le Pho.

Major silk paintings generally fetch between €150,000 and €600,000. Oils on canvas belong to an active segment, often between €80,000 and €300,000. Drawings and gouaches form part of an intermediate market around €8,000 to €60,000.

Valuation factors

Works from the 1930s - 1950s, corresponding to the stylistic maturity phase can reach levels 1.5 to 2 times higher than later productions, often judged to be more decorative.

A premium is also marked for female portraits, interior scenes and intimate compositions on silk. Landscapes and more conventional works are generally at the lower end of the range.

The international market is expanding, with moderate sales frequency but sustained competition for works with fine provenance.

Recognizing the artist's signature

Luong Xuan Nhi signs his works most of the time. However, it is essential to have your work appraised to be sure of its originality.

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