From Bui Xuan Phai, desperately poor but totally committed to his art, to Le Pho and Vu Cao Dam, who both escaped the hardships of war-torn Vietnam and successfully established themselves in France, the importance and key role the Old Masters have played in the development of Vietnamese contemporary art cannot be overstated.

In Old Masters we bring together a selection of their paintings, many from private collection, by these artists and their contemporaries.