Category: Artists

Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937) and his wife Caroline Luigini, alias Câline, at their residence in Hanoi, 1928

Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989), the one who awakened the art of lacquer in Vietnam, unveils masterpieces of incredible technical refinement. She began to paint in Paris during the First World War and was a pupil of Maurice Denis. In 1920, she accompanied her husband to Shanghai and then went on to Hanoi, where she taught ...

Inauguration of Buste de Victor Tardieu (Bust of Victor Tardieu) by Georges Khanh (Vietnam, 1902-Unknown) at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, Hanoi, 1939, in the presence of local authorities, particularly Governor Camerlynk, teachers and students of the school. In the background, the villa and the workshop of La Jonchère.

Born in Phu Luu Village, Tu Son District, Bac Ninh Province in the Red River Delta on 18 February 1912, Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnam, 1912-2003), the first generation, graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (The School of Fine Arts of Indochina) in Hanoi in 1941, a year later of his father, Hoang Tich ...

Jean Volang (Vietnam/France, 1921-2005), at the age of 59, a Vietnamese-born contemporary French artist who flew into Sydney to accompany an exhibition of his works showcased at the Sydney Opera House, Exhibition Hall 24 - 31 March 1980. Photo by Trevor James Robert Dallen on 20 March 1980.

Nguyen Cat Tuong (Vietnam, 1912-1946), alias LeMur, was born in Son Tay. He graduated from the Indochina School of Fine Arts (fourth class, 1928-1933) where he was a fellow student of Nguyen Tuong Lan (1910-1942). Both belonged to the nationalist literary group, founded in 1932, the Tu Luc Van Doan (Autonomous Literary Group). It is ...

Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) and his father Mai Trung Cat (Vietnam, 1857-1945), a high dignitary of the imperial court of Hué.

Pham Hau (Vietnam, 1903-1995) in front of his lacquer exhibited in Thailand in October 1953.

Moïse Kisling (Poland/France, 1891-1953) on left and Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) photographed by Jean Cocteau (France, 1889-1963), Montparnasse, Paris, 1916.

Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937) executing his work in his workshop in Hanoi, circa 1923-1924. It took Tardieu several years to complete the 160m2 commissioned work requiring long and intricate research during which he undertook to create the most ideal and harmonious composition. In the forefront of his ensemble, Tardieu chose to place the Vietnamese characters ...