Gallery Saigon

08/13/2025

Ðể tưởng nhớ anh Công Quốc Hà!

Đã vẽ chân dung em trong chuyến đi Hà nội năm đó! Trước khi em đi học ở nhà đấu giá Christie’s!

03/04/2021

In memoriam of Claude Duthuit!
Missing the moment of looking at this painting with you in Paris!

Marguerite and the Black Cat
1910
Henri Matisse (1869 -1954)
Oil on canvas
94 x 64 x 2.3cm
Pompidou Art Center, France



A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you. ”
-Henri Matisse

On the flat background with simply just 2 tones of color, pink and baby blue, Marguerite and the black cat dominated the composition of this portrait by Matisse in 1910. Smooth contour lines like endless waves formed the shoulder, the face, the hairlines, the dress to express the feminine soul of the model. Vertical line by line of brush on the dress and the underneath shirt show the straight-up position of the girl on the curvy back of the chair she sits on. Holding the cat La Puce on her lap with the long fingers shining by a ring and the long neck blinking by a brooch as the focus point, Marguerite is graceful as a lady. The smoother the body is, the rougher and dabber brushes are used for the face with colors echoing the background palette. That contrast is the great foundation to highlight the strong, consistent eyes and tight lips of Matisse’s favorite daughter, who was 16 years old at that time.

Not only being a scholar of Matisse’s art, but Marguerite also grew up to be a member of the French Resistance during World War II. She survived the torture by the N***s in prison and escaped on the way she was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.

Painted in 1910, exhibited for the first time at the Secession show in Berlin and Armory Show in New York in 1913, this magnificent, full of love portrait was kept as the heirloom piece in Matisse’s family. 100 years later, it was donated to Pompidou Art Center in 2013 in memoriam of Claude Duthuit, (the son Marguerite Matisse had with Georges Duthuit,) after he passed away in May 2011.

10/09/2020

Proud to contribute my humble works to the art project! Women Beyond Borders

Thank you for listening to my voice at 14.33!
We are women at heart!

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10/19/2019

On October 12, 2019 at the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco , the first international exhibition in 21st century of James Tissot was opened to public!

60 paintings from collections all around the world and a good number of prints, sketches, art objects were well displayed showing a rich story of James Tissot in the art history of humankind.

Spectacular beautiful and world class exhibition !

Love, love, love!!!

08/23/2019

Art works by René Yañez !
Just opened last night in San Francisco!
Love, love, love!!!

08/20/2019

Painting from the memory!

Anytime I pass by the portrait of the young woman by Matisse in Legion of Honor museum it always bring back a beautiful memory I have in my life as an art collector!

It was spring 2009! It was the trip my late husband and I went to Paris to write the article about an artist we love. Claude Duthuit , head of the Matisse Foundation reminded us to reserve our time for a visit at his residence in Paris. He said he would make sure that he would not miss us and we must have dinner together. Being a friend for several years with the same interests in history and archeology, Claude and Barbara Duthuit gave us not just a treat that night . It’s an honor to have a private viewing the portrait of “Woman with Black Cat”. It was painted in 1910 , one of the family heirloom because grandpa Matisse painted Mama Marguerites ! As the only grandson of Matisse, Claude kept this portrait of his mother, hung it in the classy apartment he has in Paris . And he Informed us that night it would go to Centre Pompidou after he passed away. We stood in front of the painting for a long time even though there are many more Matisse in the place after we heard that. We did have a great time having dinner at the restaurant Claude likes. Barbara gave Lily a doll as a souvenir of one of the first art trips she had with the whole bunch of art lovers! Saying goodbye to us , Claude and Barbara signed an important book about Matisse and gave us for our library.

If my life is counted on the moments, a moment like that always an honor of a lifetime!

How lucky am I?!

08/20/2019

Matisse!
From our Legion of Honor museum permanent collection!

08/20/2019

In our museum in San Francisco we have a small gallery where we always have exhibition on Book design! This time the exhibition focus on the Dadaism, Surrealism illustration from the master on book.

If you have any question on any book, I might ask the expert or curator of the show when I have chance .

Enjoy the show!

04/10/2019

Our museum visitors are also put influencers of art! The lady handcrafted whole set of clothes for 2. She and her husband enjoy wearing them for a day of leisure in the Legion of Honor!

I am amazed of all of the details I saw!!!

04/09/2019

It’s 1 of the 10 must see exhibition of 2019! It’s Paul Rubens, the early year!

I am sitting in front of 3 life size paintings from 30 oil on canvas and 20 paper works we display this time!

Spectacular selection of the art works!

12/27/2018

Winter 2018!

The year has been going to an end very soon.

I am happy to know you, all of the art lovers , who are in my mind like the rare danger species. You are people who would keep the heritage of culture on earth passing to the next generation! And just some more day a new year will come. What are we wishing for?

I wish you new year, new energy for the passion we have , the commitment we make. We will all have time to visit museum, seeing new exhibitions and find what we love . The more we see, the better we train our eyes !

See you again soon whenever art is!