TA Duy Tung - La rameuse du Mékong ↑80 →120 cm

Title of the work: The Mekong Rowing Woman (2026)
Medium: hand-painted oil on canvas
Dimensions: 80 × 120 cm (approx.)
Artist: TA Duy Tung (1961)
Origin: Hai Phong (Vietnam)
Reference: 17- L33-0926-17
A magnificent contemporary original canvas created in the artist TA Duy Tung’s workshop.
Delivered with a gallery certificate.

Sold without frame or stretcher.
"Please note that some creases may appear in the photos; these light marks, due to shipping, will naturally and completely disappear when the piece is mounted on a frame or professionally framed."
Colors may vary slightly due to each camera’s capture during photography.

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Biography of TA Duy Tung (1961).
Born in 1961 in Hai Phong, Vietnam.

TA Duy Tung is a contemporary Vietnamese painter born in 1961 in Hai Phong. A respected figure on the artistic scene of his hometown, he has developed a unique visual language that swings between psychological realism and lyrical abstraction.
Style and Artistic Vision
His work is marked by a deep exploration of the human figure, often staged in fragmented or partially concealed compositions. Through the use of strong chromatic contrasts — such as the shift from black and white to bursts of color, or the opposition between dark backgrounds and warm flesh tones — he captures the subject’s inner life.
• Look and Silence: His portraits, whether frontal or profile, convey a melancholic serenity. Attention to the details of the gaze or the curve of a face demonstrates strong technical mastery.
• Technique: The artist plays with material, using broad, textured brushstrokes to create movement or erosion effects, often symbolizing the passage of time or the duality of identity.
Themes
Themes of femininity, urban memory, and traditional culture lie at the heart of his work. Whether through silhouettes of phantom cities rising behind a face or the elegance of a woman dressed in ethnic patterns, Ta Duy Tung weaves a link between Vietnam’s cultural heritage and a contemplative modernity.
Today, his paintings are valued for their ability to evoke immediate emotion, inviting the viewer on a journey beyond the image, into the recesses of the human soul.