Vũ Cao Đàm (1908-2000)

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Vũ Cao Đàm (1908-2000)
Tête de jeune garçon, circa 1945-1950 Terracotta, signed on reverse 20 x 6 x 10 cm - 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 4 in. 30 cm avec le socle - 11 3/4 in. with the base In 1984, the Petit Robert defines sculpture in these terms: «Representation, suggestion of an object in space, by means of a material to which a determined form is imposed, with an aesthetic aim; all the techniques which allow this representation». In Vietnam, until the creation of the School of Fine Arts of Indochina (EBAI) in 1925, sculptures were intended for funerary or religious use. At the EBAI, courses in sculpture were taught and thus the production of objects became decorative. Vũ Cao Đàm, who graduated valedictorian of the second class in 1931, joined this revival by choosing sculpture as his department. His talent was quickly recognized and allowed him to exhibit bronze pieces at the 1931 Universal Exhibition in Vincennes. His production of sculptures remains nevertheless rare. Although today Vũ Cao Đàm widely recognized for his talents as a painter, this bronze head of a young man recalls the artist’s early love of sculpture and immortalizes his unparalleled talent. Upon his arrival in France, his work as a sculptor was met with great success and requests followed one after another. The French government commissioned the artist to create a bust of Paul Reynaud, then President of the Council. With the beginning of the Second World War, the scarcity of bronze pushed him to turn to the medium of painting. However, at the end of his life, he returned to his first passions, modeling clay and making his pieces in terracotta.
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