River Scene Wall Art of Vietnam

Vietnamese river scenes change with the bank they sit on: Hoi An in mustard yellow by day and in lantern orange at night, Hanoi in the rust of Long Bien Bridge, and Hue at dusk under lamp-lit iron arches.

Hoi An riverbanks, by day and by lantern light

In one Hoi An painting, a wooden boat and a figure in a conical hat rest on still water below a worn mustard yellow wall, with golden reflections spreading across the river. Another goes dark: paper lanterns glow orange and yellow on dark blue water, and a crowd gathers along the embankment under buildings lit from within. A third, the Japanese Covered Bridge, stands with pink end walls on stone piers above a wide grey-green river under a pale overcast sky. Boats float through many of these river views, and more of them are gathered in Boats.

Long Bien Bridge and the Hanoi river

The Hanoi paintings turn on rust orange. One shows rust-orange girders rising above market stalls, with bicycles, blue crates and a round green tree under a pale grey sky. In another, a rust-brown steel bridge crosses the river at sunset while orange, white and blue strokes break up the water in front. These girder views sit well with the other spans in Bridges, and their orange suits a pale wall.

Hue at dusk, with lanterns on the water

Lantern boats cross gold ripples below the lamp-lit iron arches of Truong Tien Bridge in Hue at dusk, and figures gather on the stone bank in this square oil scene. Its golds take a plain light wall, while the yellow Hoi An houses and mustard walls suit a quiet corner with soft daylight.