Category: Documentaries

The School of Fine Arts of Hanoi: Architectural Concept Statement of the "Một-Cột" by Tran Quang Tran (Vietnam, 1900-1969), alias Ngym, 2nd year, Painting Section — Architectural Archeology Survey Course.

The exhibition Salon in Hanoi featuring the works, inclusive of lacquer paintings, musical instruments and glasswares, of graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, 1936.

The exhibition Salon in Hanoi, featuring the works of graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, 1936.

Entrance to the exhibition SADEAI Salon featuring the works of graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, Hanoi, 1936.

Joseph Inguimberty (France, 1896-1971) painting, circa 1936. He was admitted to the Fine Art School of his native town, and in 1914 he entered the National School of Decorative Arts. He travelled to Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain and Italy thanks to the Blumenthal scholarship which he received in 1921, the French State scholarship in 1922, ...

Le Thi Luu (Vietnam/France, 1911-1988) painting at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (The School of Fine Arts of Indochine), Hanoi, circa 1930. Le Thi Luu was born on 19 January in Tho Khoi which was the province of Ha Bac, North Vietnam. Her father, Le Van Que was a civil servant, and because of his position, ...

Born into a family of distinguished Mandarins as his father was a Viceroy of Tonkin Le Kinh Luoc, Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine founded by Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937). He held his first exhibition in 1928 along with his friends and fellow students Vu Cao Dam and ...

Sculptor Évariste Jonchère (France, 1892-1956), who took over the position of Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937) as a director of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (The School of Fine Arts of Indochina) in Hanoi from 1938 to 1945, receiving the first Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in Paris, 1925. Photographed for the press by Agence ...

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 ...