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The Fairies
c. 1940
Mythic bodies inhabit a decorative space that feels both ancient and newly modern.
Artist field note
Nguyễn Gia Trí
Lacquer becomes a modern field of depth, light and national imagination.
Appears inVietnam
The five in one idea
Nguyễn Gia Trí elevated lacquer from craft convention into one of Vietnamese modernism's most ambitious forms.