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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 7554689, member: 8267"]There seems to be quite a lot of information about Mai Thu (Mai Trung Thu) on the internet. He produced paintings on silk fabric, using ink, gouache (opaque watercolors), and a few oil paintings. Based on your last photo, your artworks do not look like paintings, but some sort of print/reproduction. (The first 2 photos are too blurry to see well.)</p><p><br /></p><p>"All his work, apart from a few oil paintings, is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_painting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_painting" rel="nofollow">silk painting</a> with gouache, by rubbing and colours applied as solids."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Th%E1%BB%A9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Th%E1%BB%A9" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Thứ</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"Vietnamese painter Mai Trung Thu (Kiến An, November 10, 1906 - Clichy, October 10, 1980) has been known since the late 1950s for his paintings on silk. <u><b>These works have been widely reproduced</b></u> and have contributed acknowledging traditional Vietnamese life during times of peace and upheaval of the Vietnam War. " <a href="https://www.alminerech.com/artists/8095-mai-thu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alminerech.com/artists/8095-mai-thu" rel="nofollow">https://www.alminerech.com/artists/8095-mai-thu</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/memory-modernity-mai-trung-thu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/memory-modernity-mai-trung-thu" rel="nofollow">https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/memory-modernity-mai-trung-thu</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A search on liveauctioneers.com for examples previously sold at auction turned up many prints and works described as "in the style of Mai Thu", which indicates that this market is very complex, with a lot of items that are not original paintings by Mai Thu.</p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Mai%20Thu&sort=-relevance&status=archive" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Mai%20Thu&sort=-relevance&status=archive" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Mai Thu&sort=-relevance&status=archive</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this looks like the same image as one of yours, described as a lithograph print on paper, being currently offered on ebay:</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/255948755228?hash=item3b97bc111c:g:g-kAAOSw04xj0~4g&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkLyXEkUJkwta8S42nFKGvutTwWFPn4tePlTCg24HrPyG3zeZ5bTspSXN%2BUkEXMp%2FIU%2FJ0I%2F6l65FHf5TcHjCNAplSfLMZF0lLLcSDMedU9Yo3PF94W7IDyP7Wd9NMSzbqKMl2T9mo4sMJCl65TN3OC9bboJDFE5kwnGciKYbh06%2Flu6NIPNP0oZa553NrDbFCg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7Lxs_e_YQ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/255948755228?hash=item3b97bc111c:g:g-kAAOSw04xj0~4g&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkLyXEkUJkwta8S42nFKGvutTwWFPn4tePlTCg24HrPyG3zeZ5bTspSXN%2BUkEXMp%2FIU%2FJ0I%2F6l65FHf5TcHjCNAplSfLMZF0lLLcSDMedU9Yo3PF94W7IDyP7Wd9NMSzbqKMl2T9mo4sMJCl65TN3OC9bboJDFE5kwnGciKYbh06%2Flu6NIPNP0oZa553NrDbFCg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7Lxs_e_YQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/255948755228?hash=item3b97bc111c:g:g-kAAOSw04xj0~4g&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAkLyXEkUJkwta8S42nFKGvutTwWFPn4tePlTCg24HrPyG3zeZ5bTspSXN+UkEXMp/IU/J0I/6l65FHf5TcHjCNAplSfLMZF0lLLcSDMedU9Yo3PF94W7IDyP7Wd9NMSzbqKMl2T9mo4sMJCl65TN3OC9bboJDFE5kwnGciKYbh06/lu6NIPNP0oZa553NrDbFCg==|tkp:Bk9SR7Lxs_e_YQ</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here are examples that have sold on ebay - but I would be very skeptical about anything being identified as an original Mai Thu:</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Mai+Thu&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=550&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=53511-8219&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=120&LH_PrefLoc=2&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Mai+Thu&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=550&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=53511-8219&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=120&LH_PrefLoc=2&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Mai+Thu&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=550&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=53511-8219&_sargn=-1&saslc=1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=120&LH_PrefLoc=2&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 7554689, member: 8267"]There seems to be quite a lot of information about Mai Thu (Mai Trung Thu) on the internet. He produced paintings on silk fabric, using ink, gouache (opaque watercolors), and a few oil paintings. Based on your last photo, your artworks do not look like paintings, but some sort of print/reproduction. (The first 2 photos are too blurry to see well.) "All his work, apart from a few oil paintings, is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_painting']silk painting[/URL] with gouache, by rubbing and colours applied as solids." [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Th%E1%BB%A9[/URL] "Vietnamese painter Mai Trung Thu (Kiến An, November 10, 1906 - Clichy, October 10, 1980) has been known since the late 1950s for his paintings on silk. [U][B]These works have been widely reproduced[/B][/U] and have contributed acknowledging traditional Vietnamese life during times of peace and upheaval of the Vietnam War. " [URL]https://www.alminerech.com/artists/8095-mai-thu[/URL] [URL]https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/memory-modernity-mai-trung-thu[/URL] A search on liveauctioneers.com for examples previously sold at auction turned up many prints and works described as "in the style of Mai Thu", which indicates that this market is very complex, with a lot of items that are not original paintings by Mai Thu. [URL]https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Mai%20Thu&sort=-relevance&status=archive[/URL] And this looks like the same image as one of yours, described as a lithograph print on paper, being currently offered on ebay: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/255948755228?hash=item3b97bc111c:g:g-kAAOSw04xj0~4g&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkLyXEkUJkwta8S42nFKGvutTwWFPn4tePlTCg24HrPyG3zeZ5bTspSXN%2BUkEXMp%2FIU%2FJ0I%2F6l65FHf5TcHjCNAplSfLMZF0lLLcSDMedU9Yo3PF94W7IDyP7Wd9NMSzbqKMl2T9mo4sMJCl65TN3OC9bboJDFE5kwnGciKYbh06%2Flu6NIPNP0oZa553NrDbFCg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7Lxs_e_YQ[/URL] And here are examples that have sold on ebay - but I would be very skeptical about anything being identified as an original Mai Thu: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Mai+Thu&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=550&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=53511-8219&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=120&LH_PrefLoc=2&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1[/URL][/QUOTE]
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