{"id":7506,"date":"2026-07-23T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/?p=7506"},"modified":"2026-07-23T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:56:27","slug":"a-century-glimmers-in-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/a-century-glimmers-in-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"A century glimmers in glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #282828\">\u0110\u1ecdc phi\u00ean b\u1ea3n ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/tram-nam-bong-kieng-soi-ve\/\"><span style=\"color: #00aae7\">t\u1ea1i \u0111\u00e2y<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #282828\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><b>Looking back on more than 36 years with <\/b><b><i>tranh kieng<\/i><\/b> <b>(southern Vietnam\u2019s<\/b> <b>reverse glass painting), did you ever think that your years as a combat engineer in the Cambodian theatre of war had trained the meticulous painter Tran Van Nhanh we see today?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think everything in life comes down to affinity and fate. Around 1976\u201377, I studied portrait painting in the Cau Mat area of District 8, Ho Chi Minh City. At the time, I only thought of learning a trade to make a living. Then in 1982, I enlisted and was assigned to the 549<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Engineering Regiment. Because I could draw, I was posted to the office that made teaching aids for weapons training and drew tactical maps.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7512\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7512\" src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PAOR6983-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PAOR6983-scaled.webp 1920w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PAOR6983-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PAOR6983-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PAOR6983-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PAOR6983-1536x2048.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PAOR6983-1200x1600.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Tranh kieng artist Tran Van Nhanh. Photo: Bao Nguyen.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A combat engineer\u2019s drawing work demanded absolute precision: one tiny mistake could throw everything off course. That discipline, that exactitude in every line of a diagram, somehow got into my blood. When I was discharged and returned home in the late 1980s, at a time when the economy was still difficult, I took whatever painting jobs I could find. From wall murals to painting on fabric, until the day I encountered<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tranh kieng<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I realised I could not approach it carelessly. The meticulousness of a soldier helped me survive in this trade, because with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tranh kieng<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, one wrong line on the back can ruin the entire work on the front.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><b>There is a very moving story about how you kept the memorial portrait of your comrade\u2019s father from 1986 all the way until 2023. What made you treasure someone else\u2019s keepsake for so long?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #282828\">It was affection; for soldiers, nothing is more precious than comradeship. Just before I was demobilised in 1986, Dien asked me to enlarge a photograph of his father to make a memorial portrait. The order to return home came so suddenly that I brought the photograph back to Vietnam, intending to finish the painting and send it to him. But in those days communication was difficult. I was back in Long An, he was far away in his hometown, and then decades slipped by.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7507\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7507 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24-CHU-THIEN-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24-CHU-THIEN-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24-CHU-THIEN-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24-CHU-THIEN-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24-CHU-THIEN-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24-CHU-THIEN-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24-CHU-THIEN-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24-CHU-THIEN-1200x800.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1707;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u201c24 Devas\u201d (1960s), Cho Lon glass painting, 30 x 10 cm \/ panel. Photo: Annam Gallery.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #282828\">All that time, I kept the photograph carefully in my old toolbox. I thought: this is a memorial keepsake, something sacred to another family. Once I had accepted it, I had the responsibility to return it. It was not until 2023, with my son\u2019s help connecting online, that I met Dien again. On the day I handed the photograph back, seeing that my friend was still well, and that my wish after 37 years had finally been fulfilled, I felt very light inside. Painting has fed me, but it is feelings like these that make me see the nobility of my trade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><b><i>Tranh kieng<\/i><\/b><b> is a \u201creverse\u201d craft. How did you teach yourself this reverse-glass painting technique when no one in Can Duoc was doing it at the time?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Back then, I mainly observed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tranh kieng <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">works depicting houses with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lien doi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (paired calligraphic couplet panels), mostly made in Cho Lon. When customers brought old paintings in for repair, I would remove the backing to see how people had drawn the lines and applied the colours. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tranh kieng<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is exacting because you paint on the back while the viewer looks from the front. The finest, brightest details have to be painted first, before the background layers are built up behind them. I taught myself in those days, collecting old glass, scraping it clean and painting again. No workshop taught this trade, especially not to an outsider. Glass was expensive then, too; if a family had an old damaged painting, they would bring it to me to repaint.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7510\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7510 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAC-TRANH-THO-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAC-TRANH-THO-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAC-TRANH-THO-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAC-TRANH-THO-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAC-TRANH-THO-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAC-TRANH-THO-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAC-TRANH-THO-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAC-TRANH-THO-1200x800.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1707;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u201cNam Su Hoa Hoa Kieng\u201d exhibition view. Photo: Annam Gallery.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #282828\">Many times, halfway through a piece, I had to keep turning the glass over again and again to check how the colour was spreading, whether it was even and pleasing to the eye. The colours had to be harmonious, not too harsh, but with enough depth. I also had to make my own tools. Brushes sold at the market were not always right, so I trimmed the hairs myself and bent the handles to create specialised brushes for fine outlines or soft colour washes. People in my trade believe in the saying: \u201cMaster one craft and it will bring you honour.\u201d If you choose the craft as your means of living, you have to live and die with it, to understand it as you understand yourself. I think perhaps the craft chose me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><b>You once mentioned reconciling traditional models with new tastes. How do you make altar paintings with mother-of-pearl appliqu\u00e9, vehicle decals or glitter retain their antique spirit while still looking beautiful in a modern way?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #282828\">I always respect traditional models, because they are the tradition left by earlier generations. But customers\u2019 tastes change from one period to another. I study those models, then improve them with mother-of-pearl appliqu\u00e9, vehicle decals and glitter to give the painting more shimmer and refinement. If each era favours different designs, then one\u2019s creative practice must also have a sense of the times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before I put brush to glass, I often read about the story or figure I am about to depict. When painting a deity or a saint, you have to find a way to breathe life into that figure. A successful painting is one in which the customer can see majesty, protection, and the essence of a figure in their eyes. That is why I never work dishonestly. To make something for others is to make it for myself. If I cut corners, it shows; especially with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tranh kieng<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, if you are careless, the colour clumps and the image becomes stiff.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7515\" style=\"width: 1707px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7515 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/QUAN-CONG-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/QUAN-CONG-scaled.webp 1707w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/QUAN-CONG-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/QUAN-CONG-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/QUAN-CONG-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/QUAN-CONG-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/QUAN-CONG-1365x2048.webp 1365w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/QUAN-CONG-1200x1800.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1707px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1707\/2560;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u201cGuan Dong\u201d (reconstruction) (1960s), Cho Lon glass painting, 85 x 60 cm. Photo: Annam Gallery.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><b>Recently, the community was surprised to learn that you were the artist behind the reconstruction of the Hue Imperial Court <\/b><b><i>tranh kieng <\/i><\/b><b>featured in the exhibition \u201cNam Su Hoa Kieng\u201d. How did that opportunity come about?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #282828\">It was truly the greatest challenge of my working life. A group of young people devoted to Hue culture came to find me. They had documents, images and enthusiasm; I had experience in the craft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To be honest, when I heard about Hue Imperial Court <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tranh kieng <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 a kind of painting that, in the old days, had to be ordered from China \u2013 I felt some pressure. But then the professional instinct rose up in me. I wanted to test how far my ability could go. When I succeeded, the feeling was immense happiness. It was like overcoming myself, and also, in some small way, joining the young people in reconnecting a cultural thread that had once been broken. At this age, to be able to do that makes me feel fulfilled.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><b>As someone who has practised the trade across many decades, do you feel saddened to see traditional hand painting gradually being replaced by mass-produced machine printing?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #282828\">Of course I feel regret. Hand painting has been part of the culture of the South for more than a century. Machine-printed images are fast and cheap, but they have no soul; every sheet looks the same. Hand-painted works have their own character, including human irregularities, and it is precisely those qualities that create artistic value.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7511\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7511 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PANA5871-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PANA5871-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PANA5871-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PANA5871-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PANA5871-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PANA5871-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PANA5871-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PANA5871-1200x800.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1707;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Tran Van Nhanh and collaborators, \u201cThree Peaks Piercing the Clouds\u201d (2025 reconstruction), glass painting, 110 x 101 cm. Photo: Annam Gallery.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That said, I\u2019m also happy that younger people are taking interest in traditional culture again. My son is also following this trade and helping me. I always tell him: \u201cAs long as there are still customers, the culture remains.\u201d If we keep working meticulously and honestly, customers will not abandon us. The customer\u2019s money is a result of their sweat and tears; when we take it, we must give back with our own conscience and virtue. This trade allowed me to raise my children and send them to school, so I treasure it deeply. I do not even know who the founding master of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tranh kieng<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> truly was, but painting with sincerity is also my way of showing gratitude to those who came before me.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><b>If you had one message for young people hoping to pursue traditional crafts, what would you say to them?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #282828\">I would only say this: be patient. This applies to any craft, but especially to traditional craftwork \u2013 nothing can be rushed. Art is a lifelong process of cultivation. If you put your whole heart into it, the work will eventually speak for itself. Do not be afraid that traditional crafts will disappear, for anything bound to the identity and soul of a people will always find its place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><b>Thank you, Mr Nhanh, for your invaluable reflections. We wish you good health as you continue preserving this folk tradition.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #282828\"><strong>Words: Nguy\u1ec5n Huy<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #282828\"><strong>Translation: Art Nation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the 36-year journey of preserving Southern glass painting with artisan Tran Van Nhanh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[141,142,139],"class_list":["post-7506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-salon","tag-glass-painting","tag-nam-su-hoa-kieng","tag-tran-van-nhanh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A century glimmers in glass - Art Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a spacious house in Can Duoc District, Tay Ninh Province, the air is thick with the scent of paint and varnish. 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