“Fog covers on the cold hillPeach blossoms spot here and thereSpring comes to warm the mountainsLost at the fairyland’s gate.”– Minh Trang Nguyen

“Amidst the mountains and forests of Sapa, it seems that the old Ta Phin monastery is entirely distinctive, mysterious and mystical. Moss thickly cover the cold stone walls with time. Even so, peach and plum trees still grow on this desolate land.” – Thi Thanh Mai Phan

“Dull village on winter dayCorn wine made the rosy cheeksThe blue scene, the blue peopleSunset on the mossy roof.”– Minh Trang Nguyen

“I love the scene of daily life here. I would like to touch the crooked wall of the soil house with the old small arched windows, sit on the porch listening to the birdsong and feel the spring of Dong Van.” – Thi Thanh Mai Phan

“Rolling mountains surprise the sightThe pass undulates with the cloudsMelting the lone traveller’s heart…– Minh Trang Nguyen”

“The village scenery after the harvest is like an enchanting palette. The low thatched roof groups, the terraced fields stretching and winding one after another, creating a simple, rustic and peaceful beauty.” – Thi Thanh Mai Phan

“Honey poured on the rocky plateauThe valley is green, the mountain passThe thousand miles cannot be carried…”– Minh Trang Nguyen

“The H’Mong girl seems to love her new, beautiful and colourful hat. Even if her clothes are dirty while playing, the hat is still kept clean and neat on the head.” – Thi Thanh Mai Phan

“When spring comes, it is exciting to encounter ethnic minority children wearing colourful traditional costumes.” – Thi Thanh Mai Phan

“Sapa Primary School is one of the schools in the poor commune of the mountainous region that I participated in designing and building for charity. The simple old school with the beautiful aged tree inspired me to express the school’s image in the painting with a lot of emotions.” – Thi Thanh Mai Phan

“Oh old Sapa, I miss a timeThe old church sank in silver mistBell echoes in the late sunlightDusk arrives to the distant dream.”– Minh Trang Nguyen

“Amidst the vast nature of Dong VanNho Que’s famed green persists for yearsHeavy mountains carried be it sunny or rainy.”– Minh Trang Nguyen

“On the days of the farmers’ fairs in Dong Van, the usually quiet streets become crowded, bustling and colourful. Sunday mornings are always the most anticipated; children get up early, put on their best clothes, and happily follow their parents to the market. At a corner of the market, the children were very excited about […]

“The Northwestern road blossomingShaking wind the spring branch quiverTripping with mountains, clouds amblingDaydreaming birds dream together.”– Minh Trang Nguyen

Spring, summer, autumn, winter, and then spring comes again. Finishing the journey of discovering the four seasons of the highlands is the large lacquer painting by Viet Cuong Chu. With this piece, the artist brings viewers to the peaceful Ta Van village to contemplate the idyllic life of ethnic minorities amidst unspoiled nature. Ta Van […]

Hanging on the left side of Thanh Huong Doan’s Quietness is a lacquer painting with a similar blue tone. The Season of Ripe Fruit by Van Sy Nguyen focuses on the innocence of children. Around the two ethnic sisters are abundant fruits that “are sweet fruits bestowed by the nature of the mountains and forests […]

From the seventh floor to the restaurant, the primary material is lacquer on wood. The vertical painting The Autumn of Ta Giang Phinh by Viet Cuong Chu depicts the indigenous people carrying rice from the fields. Having visited Sa Pa more than ten times, Viet Cuong created numerous works inspired by its landscape. Ta Giang […]

The winter theme continues with the lacquer painting Quietness by Thanh Huong Doan, displayed at the de Chapa restaurant. In the painting is a small Red Dao woman walking alone amidst the cold morning mist of Sapa. In the distance is the Stone Church, depicted with the meticulous eggshell and abalone shell inlay technique. The […]

The winter scene of a village of ethnic people is expressed through incised lacquer with the typical language of graphical lines. Xuan Anh Vu’s The Way Back 9 uses few colours in order to emphasise the direction of the incised lines, creating a strong, decisive and vigorous effect. On the glossy black background, the diverse […]

The Way Back 8 and The Way Back 9 by Xuan Anh Vu are the only two incised lacquer paintings in the Four Seasons collection. The incised lacquer technique is done on lacquered wooden panels. An incised lacquer painting consists of the original dark background and the incised parts with strokes or shapes about 1-2 […]

The tranquil scene in Chan Nam Trinh’s The Hymn that Day is the imagination and nostalgia of a Sapa before tourism. The native woman walked quietly towards the Stone Church shrouded in the wintry fog. The Stone Church built by the French in 1895 is still intact nowadays, but its surrounding area has changed completely. […]

Unlike The Mountains of Hai Hung Vang, the young female artist Thanh Huong Doan’s perspective on the highland winter elicits a cosier feeling. The Transition of Seasons depicts an ethnic elderly man walking calmly in the sunshine on a snowy day, signalling the change of seasons. The warm tones and vibrant peach blossoms create a […]

The chilly feeling of winter begins with Hai Hung Vang’s lacquer painting The Mountains. This former student of the Vietnam University of Fine Art is from the Giay ethnic group, born and raised in Quang Kim, Bat Xat. For Hai Hung, “Painting is life. If writers and journalists tell stories and reflect social issues using […]

The recurring themes and main style in Ngoc Nam Tran’s paintings are naturalistic still life arrangements in the interior space. With the two works Sapa in the Summer and The Autumn of Sapa, Ngoc Nam skillfully included the local natural landscape in the background, thus adding an open space to the still life compositions. The […]

The ambience gradually turns to autumn through Van Thanh Pham’s oil painting The Season of Changing Leaves, depicting an old tree shedding its leaves. The natural process of autumn was refreshed through a semi-abstract style, with emphasis on definite lines and flat shapes. The colour-blocking style, using orange, yellow, green and purple as the primary […]

Born into a Nung ethnic family in Lung Vai, Muong Khuong, the highland culture has been the inspiration and motivation for Van Huong Hu’s artistic endeavours. Van Huong’s works are inspired by his childhood, and the customs and habits of the ethnic minorities. Van Huong Hu graduated from Vietnam Fine Arts University in 2020 and […]

Having an unusual circular composition, A Man’s Dream of Freedom is an outstanding oil painting in Hung Giang Nguyen’s early career. Hung Giang often introspects his ego and an artist’s identity in his many self-portraits. A Man’s Dream of Freedom is surreal, with the background being the nature of Sapa, where he has become attached […]

Sapa is a constant source of inspiration in many of Hung Giang Nguyen’s compositions. About his works in the Four Seasons collection, Hung Giang said: “Sapa was where I lived and worked continuously for more than a month. Each work records my memories and feelings about nature, mountains, people, and at the same time, the […]

In The Joy, the painter captured the innocent and carefree moment of a little girl playing with an adorable baby goat. The diagonal lines of the haystack in the background give the impression that the little girl has just leaned over and made the haystack sunk. The visage is cheerful and playful, but also maintaining […]

Ngoc Nam Tran revealed: “As a young artist, I always find ways to be creative and bring unique features into my works, in order to express my own style and tell my own stories. Not only is the set of paintings about Sapa still life pictures with flowers and fruits typical of each season, but […]

To begin the summer energy is the square painting The Movement of the Highlands by Hung Giang Nguyen, one of the youngest artists whose work is in the Four Seasons collection. Also an abstract painting, The Movement of the Highlands differs from Thang Vu’s Spring in its noticeable rhythmic control. Hung Giang’s painting has gentle […]

Van Thuc Cao, also known as Cao Thuc, graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Art in 2020 and initially achieved some success with realistic oil paintings of portraits and highland scenes. Cao Thuc stated: “The images of the highland people are the feelings and emotions that have always been present in me since the […]

Born and raised in Hanoi, Hung Giang Nguyen graduated from the Vietnam University of Fine Art in 2021. Since 2018, Hung Giang has founded and operated Tinh Dau Studio, where various independent art activities for young artists take place. The painting Lao Chai depicts a peaceful village in Lao Cai with the wet-on-wet direct painting […]

Thanh Huong Doan graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Hanoi College of Art in 2013 and from the Faculty of Art Pedagogy at the National University of Art Education in 2015. The artist herself has a young daughter, so she is especially touched by the image of a mother carrying her child, often […]

HUG 2 is one of the first works of the young female painter Hoang Dung Nguyen, an alumna of the Vietnam University of Fine Art. In 2020, she co-founded the 42 Painting Studio Club, a group of young artists with the goal of promoting teamwork in a setting where artists often prefer to work independently. […]

Nhat Vu Trinh is an alumnus of the Vietnam University of Fine Art, born into a family with a tradition in lacquer art in Hanoi. However, his style and painting technique are mainly influenced by his childhood experiences and independent studies rather than his family background and education. The young artist revealed: “At different times […]

Contrasting with the majestic, unspoiled landscape without humans in Going Back in Time to Hau Thao is the cosy scene of ethnic minority people’s activities. The main characters of both Chan Nam Trinh’s paintings The Spring of the Northwest and The Spring Sunshine are from the Red Dao community in Sapa. These two paintings are […]

The Spring Sunshine of Chan Nam Trinh depicts the scene of the Red Dao people standing in the middle of the beautiful nature seen from afar. The women seem to be preparing to go to the farmers’ fair, and the boy looks forward to following his mother. The trees lean to the left as if […]

Right at the reception, visitors are greeted with an energetic square painting titled Spring. The uplifting palette of chartreuse, blue, yellow, pink combined with random strokes constantly radiate a youthful and exhilarating atmosphere, evoking nature’s abundant proliferation. The blue shapes and black lines are the accents of rhythmic improvisations, not dissimilar to a jazz piece […]

Chan Nam Trinh is an alumnus of the University of Industrial Fine Art and is currently a Vietnam Fine Art Association member. The artist Chan Nam often draws inspiration from the capital of Hanoi, where he lives, or from trips to the Northwest. According to the artist, his works mainly focus on the beauty of […]

Xuan Anh Vu is from the Muong ethnic group. He graduated from the Faculty of Painting of the Vietnam University of Fine Art in 2014. While living and working in Hanoi, Xuan Anh’s creative path is full of topics about rural and highland landscapes. Xuan Anh stated that he had always preferred to draw from […]