Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 6. (Budapest, 1963)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Horváth, Tibor: Report on the Activities of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Art in the Years 1959—1961

Fig. 8. Viet-Nam, Thanh-hoá. Brown-glazed plate, 11th—12th century Another item on his programme was the study of ancient Viet-Namese art. He visited the temples of Van Mieu, Tran Wu Dien Hua, Lien Phai, the Trung Sisters, the Voi-phuc (the Kneeling Elephant), and the Ladies' Sanctuary in Hanoi; those of Thuy Due, Hoang-xá, Chua Tay-phuong, Dinh Chu Quyen, Long Chau and Tien lu in Sontay, the But Thap temple and the meeting hall of Dinh Bang in Bac Ninh, and another meeting hall at Haiphong. Finally he found the opportunity to study the modern art of Viet-Nam. He was able to spend one day at the School of Applied Arts of Hanoi and another at the College of Fine Arts, where he was told of the curriculum, saw the work of the professors and the students and visited the workshops. He paid a call to the studios Tran Van Can and Phan Van Dong, professors of painting. During his tour through the country he met the students of the College of Fine Arts making sketches in the Pump Factory at Haiphong and in the village of Kienan. In Hanoi he saw the modern paintings owned by the Artists' Union; visited the workshops of silk embroiderers, carpet weavers and ivory carvers. On June 14 he spent an entire day lecturing before the staff of teachers of the School of Applied Arts on Eastern Asiatic Arts. From Hanoi he arrived in Moscow via Peking. On June 25 and 26 he visited the Museum of Archangelskoye, 40 km from the capital, and the Renato Guttuso exhibition in the Pushkin Museum. He extended his trip to Leningrad from June 26 to July 4, at the time of the white nights. Beside visiting the Russian Museum, he spent his time in the Hermitage, getting acquainted with the store-rooms of the eastern collection through the support of General Director Artamonov. With the guidance of his fellow museologists he acquired a thorough knowledge of the following exhibitions : painting, sculpture and applied art of Western Europe, history of the eastern peoples of the Soviet Union, the art of India, China, Japan, Byzantium, Iran and the Turkish peoples, the finds of Pazyrik, Bashadar and Noin-Ula, and finally the exhibition of Tomioka Tessai's (1836—1924) paintings, which was sent from Japan. Papers and articles published Tibor Horváth: The Exhibition of National-Style Chinese Painting. „Magyar Nemzet", August 25, 1959. p. 8.