Painters in Hanoi : an ethnography of Vietnamese art / Nora Annesley Taylor.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-169) and index.

Sketches of Vietnamese Contemporary Painting. Researching Vietnamese Painting. Writing Vietnamese Art History. Vietnamese 20th Century Art History. Community, Identity, Ideology. Art Markets. CHAPTER ONE, 1925-1945 : Orientalists or Occidentalists? "Indochinese" Artists Under Colonialism -- Colonial and Post-Colonial Art Historiography -- Victor Tardieu and the Foundation of the 'Ecole des Beaux-Arts d'Indochine' (EBAI) -- Nguyen Phan Chanh, the "Modern Traditionalist" -- Anticolonial and National Artists. CHAPTER TWO, 1945-1975 : National Heroes and Artistic Heroes: Artists Under the Revolution -- To Ngoc Van and Artists of the "Resistance Class" -- The Arts Association and Painting for the State -- Private Collectors -- Poster Artists. CHAPTER THREE, 1954-1986 : Bui Xuan Phai and the Four 'Modern Masters of Vietnamese Painting' -- The Life of Bui Xuan Phai -- The Myth of the National Artist -- Modernity and its Discontents. CHAPTER FOUR, 1975-1986 : Post-War Artists and Reformers -- Painting in the South Before 1975 and at the End of the War -- Links with the Soviet Union -- Nguyen Quan and the Development of Art Criticism in Hanoi. CHAPTER FIVE, 1925-2000 : Women Artists Women Artists of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods Women Artists under Doi Moi Women Artists and Feminism. CHAPTER SIX, 1986-2000 : The Hanoi Art Market and the Global Artist -- Post-Doi Moi Artists and the International Scene -- Tourism and the International Clientele -- The ASEAN Art Community. CONCLUSION : Past and Present in the Hanoi Art World -- Hanoi Painters Confront their Identity in the World.