Vietnam Folk Painting
There are two
kinds of folk paintings: New-year
paintings and Worshipping paintings.
Folk paintings are closely
connected to religious belief of
worshipping for forefathers and
deities. For mass production, folk
paintings were executed through
woodblock printing. They became
quite popular in the 16th century,
and developed steadily at a high
level in the 18th and 19th centuries. Given their artistic styles, printing
and drawing techniques and materials, folk paintings could be
classified into some different brands such as Dong Ho (Bac Ninh
province), Hang Trong (Ha Noi) and Kim Hoang (Ha Tay province)…
Today, however, folk paintings are almost obsolete. Amongst the
few existing brands of folk paintings under preservation, Dong Ho
paintings still develop and can be found in many countries such as
Japan, France and the US... Dong Ho is the name of a small village
lying along the southern bank of Duong river, in Bac Ninh province.
Dong Ho paintings are made in an original way, technically and aesthetically,
in every aspect from pattern design, carving, paper production
(dzo (poonah) paper is hand-made, coated with white powder
made from baked shell), color mixture (made from natural
materials) to picture drawing and printing.