Paintings donated by Japanese collector display in Da Nang
Wednesday, 31/03/2021 16:20 (GMT+7)
As 22 paintings in a collection of works by Vietnamese artists titled “Houei” (Prosperity) of Japanese collector Itoh Toyokichi are on display at an exhibition which opened in the central city of Da Nang to mark the 46th anniversary of the city liberation (March 29).
Visitors to the exhibition (Source: NDO)
Itoh Toyokichi aged 80, began to collect works of Vietnamese painters after his first trip to the country in late 1986. He has presented the city with 238 paintings in the collection and lent 49 others for 10 years.
On showcase this time are oil, watercolour and silk paintings by Nguyen Gia Tri, Tu Duyen and Cao Trong Them. Most of them were created between 1944 and 1993.
Since 2005, he has held a host of exhibitions in Japan and abroad in the hope that the valuable works will promote Vietnam’s historical and cultural values to people of other countries./.
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