Category: Artists

French painter Georges Barrière and Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) depicting at Tu Duc’s Tomb, Hue, 1936.

Mr Zhang Zhiyong, President of Shanghai Pujiang Southeast Asia Culture and Art Exchange Center and Nguyen Trung (Vietnam, B. 1940) with Ripened Fruit Season, signed and dated ‘Ng.Trung 2015” (lower left), oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cms. (59 ¹/₁₆ x 78 ⁴⁷/₆₄ in.), painted in 2015 at his studio in Saigon, May 25, 2015. The ...

Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) having a look at his painting printed on Christie's Catalogue. Photograph taken at Le Pho’s Home, Paris by Mr Jean-François Hubert in March 1999. For the second time in history, a Vietnamese painting was featured on the front page catalogue by one of the most legendary auctioneers in the world — ...

Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) and Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980)

Portrait of Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) circa 1942

Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnam, 1912-2003), Saigon, 1995.

Le Thi Luu (Vietnam/France, 1911-1988) in her garden in 1987, one year before her passing away in 1988.

A gathering of Paulette Vaux (wife of Le Pho), Renée Appriou (wife of Vu Cao Dam), Vu Cao Dam and Le Pho (left to right), Saint Paul de Vence, France, 1975. Le Pho holds in his hand a painting painted by Michel Vu, the son of Vu Cao Dam and Renée Appriou. The work represents Pierre, the ...

Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnam, 1912-2003) at Hanoi Fine Arts School, Hanoi, 1958. Hoang Tich Chu is a significant artist amongst his contemporaries Nguyen Tien Chung and Nguyen Khang and is best known for his lacquer works. Born near Bac Ninh, he studied at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine and graduated in 1941. Versatile ...

The students with the following dedication: "From the students of the first graduating class of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (The School of the Fine Arts of Indochina), to their director. Warm wishes, Hanoi, 12-8-1930." Mai Trung Thu, Le Pho, Le Van De, Nguyen Phan Chanh (in the back), Cong Van Trung, Victor Tardieu, Georges ...