Category: Photographs

Marie Anatole Gaston Roullet (France, 1847-1925) Born November 15, 1847, in Ars-en-Ré and died December 2, 1925, in Paris, was a French painter and illustrator, appointed official painter of the Colonies and the Navy in 1885. He was the father of playwright and theatre and film director Jacques Roullet (1878-1946) and the uncle of watercolorist ...

Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973), Vallauris France, 1954 © Arnold Newman (America, 1918-2006)

The Saigon Execution, 1 February 1968 by Eddie Adams (America, 1933-2004) Nguyễn Văn Lém, often referred to as Bảy Lốp, was an officer of the Viet Cong with the rank of captain. He was summarily executed in Saigon by Republic of Vietnam General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan during the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War. A photo of the execution won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography ...

Professors and students of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (The Fine Arts College of Indochina) circa 1929, Victor Tardieu (seated in the middle, holding his hat) and his wife Caroline Luigini Tardieu (1873-1968), students inclusive of Vu Cao Dam, Le Pho, To Ngoc Van, Tran Quang Tran, Mai Trung Thu, Le Tien Phuc, Georges ...