page_title: Lacquer painting
section_title: Vietnam
hierarchical_section_title: Lacquer painting / National styles / Vietnam
caption_attribution_description: English: Hanoi Girl, 1997
context_page_description: Lacquer painting is a form of painting with lacquer which was practised in China, Korea and Japan for decoration on lacquerware, and found its way to Europe both via Persia and by direct contact with Asia. The genre was revived and developed as a distinct genre of fine art painting by Vietnamese artists in the 1930s; the genre is known in Vietnamese as "sơn mài."
context_section_description: Lacquer painting, known as sơn mài, from resin of the sơn tree, Rhus succedanea, was developed in Vietnam as a freestanding form, separate from decoration of wooden objects. A revival and a combination with French techniques occurred in the 1930s which was closely associated with the French teachers and Vietnamese students of the École Supérieure des Beaux Arts de l’Indochine in Hanoi from 1925 to 1945 such as Joseph Inguimberty and Nguyễn Gia Trí. Among the prominent newer generation of Vietnamese lacquer painters is Cong Quoc Ha, who received numerous awards and his works are regularly exhibited worldwide.
caption: Công Quốc Hà "Hanoi girl" 1997
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