Si Nguyen, Grain Harvest, 1960s, Oil on Canvas

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A finely crafted oil painting on canvas depicting a group of Vietnamese workers during the rice harvest. In a vast, … Read more A finely crafted oil painting on canvas depicting a group of Vietnamese workers during the rice harvest. In a vast, golden-yellow field, men and women wearing traditional conical hats are threshing rice, depicted in vibrant, rhythmic brushstrokes.

with a coarse, textured brushstroke, the artist Sy Nguyen captured the warm atmosphere and tropical light of the Vietnamese countryside. The work displays a harmonious composition of movement and tranquility, with the figures' shifting poses creating a natural rhythm within the undulating grain.

The paint is applied thickly, with relief that adds depth to the stalks, and exhibits a subtle, aged sheen appropriate for the period. The signature "Sy Nguyen" is clearly legible in the lower left corner in red/orange paint.

The painting is framed in its original wooden frame with a green patina and gold accents, entirely in the style of the 1960s and 1970s, which gives the work a warm and authentic appearance.

Origin: Vietnam, ca. 1960–1980
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: approx. 50 × 60 cm (unframed)
Signature: lower left "Sy Nguyen"
Condition: very good, minor crazing in the frame commensurate with its age

An atmospheric and decorative Asian painting that poetically depicts rural labor and a connection with nature.
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