Category: Artists

Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937)'s burial. Everyone is dressed in white, which is the color of mourning in Vietnam, June 1937

Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) with his painting Femme du Mandarin (The Mandarin’s Wife), Hanoi, circa 1933.

Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000) posing with his original sculpture Femme nue or Baigneuse (Nude) made by sage and clay in Hanoi, 1929. The sculpture was exhibited at the Exposition Coloniale Internationale Paris in 1931 and recently on display at The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris, France

Matisse, in his workshop in Nice, Place Charles-Félix, in a decor that he organized, a stage, shimmering fabrics, flowers... He sets up his easel and the magic happens. Arriving in Nice in 1917, Matisse made the Côte d'Azur his chosen land, he lived there and above all worked there until the end of his days ...

Le Pho, his wife Paulette Vaux on the occasion of thank-you lunch at the collector Dr V's home, 1990s.

Vu Cao Dam's wife Renée Appriou, Le Thi Luu and her husband, the artists' friend in Saint-Paul de Vence, France

Le Pho, his wife Paulette Vaux and the artist's collectors Mr & Mrs Collart on the special occasion of the artist's exhibition in 1977.

Le Pho, his wife Paulette Vaux and the artist's collectors circa 1950.

The very first exhibition 'Le Gala du Salon de 1935', L'Avenir du Tonkin, 25 March 1935 held by SADEAI: Société Annamite d'Encouragement à l'Art et à l'Industrie (The Annamite Society for the encouragement of art and industry) initiated by Victor Tardieu in May 1934. It was granted legal capacity by a decision of the Governor ...

Seated (left to right): Ngo Manh Duc (son of Le Thi Luu), Michel Vu (son of Vu Cao Dam), Jeanne Sineray, known as Sao, (wife of Mai Trung Thu disguised as a Breton with a costume by Yannick Vu painted by his father), Yannick Vu (daughter of Vu Cao Dam) wearing Sao's tunic. Standing (left ...