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Thua Thien Hue received a painting of King Ham Nghi painted while in exile in Algeria - donated by the king's descendants living in France.
On December 24, Mr. Hoang Viet Trung - Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Center - said that a week ago the unit received a painting of King Ham Nghi painted while in exile. The painting is currently kept at the Hue Royal Antiquities Museum. "The painting was received by the Vietnamese Ambassador to France - Dinh Toan Thang - on behalf of the center from the descendants of King Ham Nghi living in France," Mr. Trung said.
Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang (middle) receives the painting. Photo: Hoang Viet Trung
The painting is about 30 cm high and 45 cm long, depicting a European countryside landscape with rivers and mountains. The work has been verified by a famous museum in France. According to Mr. Hoang Viet Trung, the center plans to display the painting at the exhibition King Ham Nghi, his life and art at the Hue Royal Antiquities Museum on January 10, 2023. At the event, Ms. Amandine Dabat - a descendant of King Ham Nghi - returning from France, will have a talk about the king's life in a foreign land.
The Conservation Center also plans to create a space to display relics of King Ham Nghi. For many years, the Nguyen Phuc Clan Council of Vietnam has also wanted to bring the king's remains back to Vietnam.
The painting was drawn by King Ham Nghi. Photo: Hoang Viet Trung
King Ham Nghi was talented and loved art. While in Algeria, the king studied painting at the workshop of artist Maurius Reynaud. Later, in France, he studied sculpture with artist Rodin. The king pursued the school of realism. Many of his famous works include Untitled (1889), Algerie (1900), Landscape (1903), Ancient Olive Tree (1905), Evening (1915)... In 2010, the king's painting Evening was sold at the Millon auction house for 8,800 euros (221 million VND). The buyer was Dr. Gérard Chapuis - a French-Vietnamese man currently living in Marseille, France.
"Sunset" painting. Photo: Millon
King Ham Nghi (1871-1943), whose real name was Nguyen Phuc Minh and whose courtesy name was Ung Lich, ascended the throne in 1884 at the age of 13. He was the eighth emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty. In 1885, after the fall of the capital Hue, King Ham Nghi and Ton That Thuyet left the capital Hue and issued the Can Vuong edict against the French colonialists. In 1888, King Ham Nghi was arrested and exiled by the French to Alger (capital of Algeria). The King died in 1943 of stomach cancer.
According to VnExpress
