Page 59 - Van Que : Ecole Vietnamese

When the painter Van Que is asked why he silkworm why it unwinds its thread. I paint for

paints, his immediate and categorical reply can the same reason.” For this man, to paint is to
only give rise to meditation. “Do not ask the breathe.

“I seek to respect the subject in so far as my VAN
technique allows.” Simple lines in ink, curiously

curving, and from these spring forth nudes. So QUE
nude, so unadorned is the line, the curves still
following their course and lengthening into grey ArT
shadows, nudes still marvellously delicate and  fêTE dU 14 JUIllET AU VIllAGE 2
1986 GoUACHE 20X25½ IN. /50X65 CM.
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