Category: Dignitaries, Collectors & Collections

Ngo Manh Duc (B. 1941), son of Le Thi Luu (Vietnam, 1911-1988) at his residence in Périgord, 2019. Born on 1 January 1941, he enunciates as “1.1.41” with his constant smile, speaking softly and slowly which never fails to grab the listener's attention. He was brought up in a wonderful atmosphere of painters and intellectuals ...

Dr Tuan Pham’s confidences to Dexter How, Christie’s Vice President, Senior Specialist Head of Sale, Southeast Asian Art and Mr Jean-François Hubert, Christie's Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art on August 30, 2017, and later on August 1, 2019. Monsieur Jean-François Hubert, a fine gentleman, I had the pleasure of meeting him for a few days in Paris ...

Christie's Senior Expert Jean-François Hubert posing in front of Le Pho's La Jeune Fille Aux Pommes-Cannelle at Christie's Hong Kong, 2016

Jean François Hubert, Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art in front of Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merprès's Women Spinning and Weaving, Pham Hau's Young Cowherds in Tonkinese Landscape and Nguyen Phan Chanh's Jeune fille au Perroquet (Young Girl with Parrot) from left to right, Christie's, Hong Kong, 24 May 2019.

Dr Tuan Pham, the San Diego-based collector who assembled a collection of Vietnamese art in order to reconnect with his homeland. For the American-Vietnamese collector Dr Tuan Pham, collecting Vietnamese art has been an educational and emotional adventure. ‘Vietnamese art is really about history and culture,’ he explains. ‘It tells you a story that you ...

Jean François Hubert, Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art, Dr Tuan H Pham and Dexter How, Vice President, Head of Sale and Senior Specialist of Southeast Asian Art posing in front of Le Pho's Nue (Nude) at Christie’s Auction Sale, An Important Collection Of Vietnamese Paintings Featuring The Tuan Pham Collection, Hong Kong, 24 May 2019

Hong Kong collector Richard Kan (Courtesy Sotheby's) Richard Kan is a Hong Kong-based collector of international repute of objects of fine art, an organizer of important exhibitions worldwide and a descendant of the founders of the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company, one of the most distinguished businesses in pre-Revolutionary China. Kan was schooled in Hong Kong ...

“A Perfect Evening of Companionship” with Dr Uri D Herscher, Founding President & CEO of Skirball Cultural Center, Executive Committee of WorkingNation at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam on 13 March 2018. Left to right: Pamela Gayle Balton, Thuc Doan / Bem, Jeffrey Roger Balton, Myna Meshul Herscher, and Uri D. Herscher. Dear ...

Alix Tardieu's words excerpted from her The Legacy of Victor and Jean Tardieu. Both Victor Tardieu and Jean Tardieu enjoyed success and recognition for their work for a good many years in their lifetime, as a painter and a writer respectively. Today, the public is discovering anew and once again seeking the artworks of my grandfather, ...

Jean François Hubert, Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art and Christie's Team in front of the world record for the artist with the hammer price HKD$ 152,860,000 (USD$ 19,625,390) for 29.09.64. by Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji, French/Chinese, 1920-2013), executed in 1964, signed in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed, titled, inscribed and dated ‘ZAO WOU-KI 345 x 255 29.Sept.64. ...