Nguyen Ducmanh, Vietnamese, American, born 1933, oil painting on paper depicting an abstract composition. Circa: 1960s. Signed on the front and on the backside. Framed. Nguyen Ducmanh, sometimes known as The Duke, was born in Hanoi, Vietnam but moved to Paris as a young man. He worked as a graphic designer whilst painting. Although taken up by the art dealer Rene Drouin, his artistic career took off when he decamped to New York in April 1965. He gained a Rockefeller foundation grant and the Allan Stone Gallery soon accepted and began to show his work. Ducmans style mixes the calligraphic and abstract; like other Vietnamese artists in exile he benefited from a greater freedom to experiment than those who remained at home. One of a kind artwork.