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rietnam is moving forward. The Vietnamese are not only looking ahead to their future, however, but also making an effort to sort out their past. Recently they have come to terms with the origin of their modern art. For many years, this has been a sensitive topic as Vietnamese modern art began as a joint product of French liberalism and Vietnamese traditionalism during a period of brutal French colonialism and strong Vietnamese patriotism.
Before doi moi (renovation) began in 1986, the origin of Vietnamese modern art was little discussed in Vietnam because such a discussion would necessarily touch upon the role of the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (Indochina Fine Arts College) founded by the liberal- minded French artist Victor Tardieu. During its 20 years of operation (1925-1945), the Ecole trained more than 100 Vietnamese painters, sculptors and architects who formed the core group of pioneers in Vietnamese modem art. Even though the Vietnamese pioneers were primarily inspired and driven in their artistic creation by Vietnamese tradition, the Ecole was thought to be too closely associated with French colonialism to deserve mention.
Recognizing the beauty of Vietnamese artistic traditions, Victor Tardieu and his colleague Joseph lnguimberty were determined to help the indigenous students to better exploit their heritage by exposing them to standard examples of both Vietnamese and French art. The two French artists placed greater emphasis on Vietnamese tradition for fear that their students might be otherwise Westernized. However, Vitor Tardieu and Joseph Inguimberty pointed out that this return to the past could only be effective if it served as the starting point for further developments better suited to today's world; therefore the Vietnamese students were also well taught about Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Pierre Auguste Renoir among others.