Vietnamese art in Bloomsbury

The Lotus Flower Galleries’ collection is chiefly centred upon up-and-coming artists and it has a keen eye trained on the emergence of the most cutting-edge painters, such as Luong Trung, whose work shows children drinking and smoking. There is sure to be a reaction to these paintings! Also to be found are the most representative traditional artists from the region, such as Duong Ngoc Son; his paintings are collected by private galleries the world over, and are displayed in the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts Museum. With clear influences of impressionism, he uses colour to illustrate the simple lives lived by Vietnamese villagers. His intricate style of painting creates a positive and engaging view of bucolic life in rice fields and villages.

Our Philosophy
One of the founding principles of the gallery is to show that the purchase of art is not just for the expert collector; we wish to encourage everyone with an interest in art. Art opens the mind, offers options for thought and launches exciting and stimulating journeys into one’s imagination. Art can also be mental balm, a repose for the soul…

Director, Richard Baker-Howard comments:
‘Art is an indispensable aid to our understanding of human existence, to the true nature of the human condition. Art can be a comforting influence in today’s world of tension and turmoil, and also a means of extending and deepening one’s knowledge of life and one’s relationship to the world’.