An ink and watercolor painting on silk depicting an interior portrait of a young woman with holding a lotus flower after Mai Trung Thu, Vietnamese, French, 1906 to 1980. Signed in Latin and with Calligraphy, and stamped with a red ink seal, lower left. Mai Trung Thu is known for Figure, portrait, still life, genre painting. Despite having lived in France for the majority of his life, Mai Thu retained a strong sense of patriotism and devotion to the mores from his homeland, finding delight in incorporating Vietnamese subject matter to his art. This artist embodies a generation of progressive Vietnamese artists that emerged during the 1930s, including Le Pho and Vu Cao Dam. One of a kind artwork.