Chieu Ta (Sunset), a painting by Viet Nam's Emperor Ham Nghi (1871-1943), will go under the hammer at an auction in Paris on Sunday. The panting has been exhibited at No 5 Avenue d'Eylau in Paris and at the Drouot Hotel.
HA NOI – Chieu Ta (Sunset), a painting by Viet Nam's Emperor Ham Nghi (1871-1943), will go under the hammer at an auction in Paris on Sunday.
The panting has been exhibited at No 5 Avenue d'Eylau in Paris and at the Drouot Hotel.
Emperor Ham Nghi painted the piece in 1915 while he was living in the Gia Long Villa in Alger, Algerie.
Ham Nghi was the eighth Emperor in Viet Nam's Nguyen Dynasty. He ruled for only one year (1884-85). Together with Thanh Thai and Duy Tan, Ham Nghi conducted several activities to fight against the French colonists. In 1885, he led the large-scale Can Vuong uprising against French rule. Ham Nghi was arrested by the French and exiled to Algeria in 1888. The Emperor died in Algeria in 1943 and was buried in Aquitaine, France. – VNS