Delightful works by the Vietnamese-French artist Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980)

Delightful works by the Vietnamese-French artist Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980). All the works shown here were created in the 1950s and are devoted to scenes from the lives of women: their toilette and their care of children, with the everyday world of childhood.

Mai Trung Thu was a graduate of the first entering class of the School of Fine Arts of Indochina in Hanoi, and lived and worked chiefly in France.

Mai Trung Thu worked in the technique of painting on silk with gouache and ink, rubbing in the colours and laying them on in a solid layer.

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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Delightful works by the Vietnamese-French artist Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980)

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