Nguyen Robert - Mélancolie ↑80 →60 cm

Title of the work: Mélancolie (2026)
Medium: oil painting on hand-stretched canvas.
Dimensions: 80 × 60 cm (approximately)
Artist: Nguyen Robert
Origin: Ben Tre
Reference: 4 -L29-0826-04
A magnificent contemporary original canvas created in the artist Nguyen Robert's studio.
Delivered with a gallery certificate.
Sold without frame and without stretchers.
Colors may vary slightly due to each camera's capture during the shoot.

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Artist biography: Painter Nguyen Robert, born 1958.

Born in 1958 in Ben Tre, an authentic village nestled in the heart of the Mekong Delta, Nguyen Robert is a Franco-Vietnamese artist whose work stands out for a singular fusion between Asian traditions and Western artistic influences. From a young age, he was fascinated by the rural architecture of his environment, the lines of traditional houses, the volumes of floating markets, the shadows cast by water palms — all elements that would become the basis of his visual language.

Having always lived in his native region, Nguyen Robert over decades developed a deeply contemporary, modern, and architecturally oriented style. His paintings explore structures, lines, urban rhythms, and geometric abstraction, while preserving a poetic sensibility rooted in Vietnamese culture.

His double heritage, Franco-Vietnamese, enriches his approach: he borrows from the West the rigor of modern compositions and the boldness of contrasts, while his Vietnamese soul injects softness, spirituality, and fluidity into his works. The result is a pictorial universe where modernity meets the timeless, where geometry dialogs with light, creating paintings of great visual power.

Known for his ability to transform the quotidien into abstract landscapes, Nguyen Robert is today regarded as one of the singular voices of contemporary delta Mekong painting. He continues his work in his workshop in Ben Tre, surrounded by the landscapes that shaped his identity, and continues to exhibit in several galleries in Asia and Europe, enchanting collectors and art lovers seeking profoundly modern, structured, and vibrant works.