1930s Vietnamese costumes and jewelry on display in Hue

Vietnamese costumes and jewelry in the early 20th century are being featured at an ongoing painting exhibition, held at L’Espace, No.1 Le Hong Phong Street, Hue city.

Vietnamese costumes and jewelry from the early 20th century are currently showcased in an ongoing painting exhibition at L’Espace, located at No. 1 Le Hong Phong Street, Hue City.

 
The exhibition features 400 exceptional paintings created by students of the Gia Dinh School of Fine Arts, Decoration and Graphics, which was one of the leading fine arts training centers in southern Vietnam from 1934 to 1937.
 
These artworks depict people from across Vietnam as well as from Laos and Cambodia, guided by Jules Gustave Besson, the school's principal and a celebrated French painter.
 
Wedding costume of Vietnamese people in the South, 1934 - 1935
 
Many of these works, employing European artistic techniques, were featured in a publication titled “Tập hợp hình hoạ Đông Dương” (Collection of Indochinese Drawings), published by the Paris-based Paul Geuthner Bookstores in the 1930s.
 
The current exhibition is set to run for four weeks and will conclude on March 4, 2025. It aims to provide a genuine insight into Vietnamese fashion during the French colonial period, with a particular emphasis on educating both local and international attendees about this fascinating era.

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