Category: Documentaries

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 ...

Exhibition: L'Âme Du Viêt Nam at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche, 19 January - 29 February 1996 and its catalogue published by Cercle d'Art in 1996 under the general curation and scientific direction of Mr Jean-François Hubert, Expert in Far Eastern Art.

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.

Exhibition: Le Viêt Nam Des Royaumes and its catalogue published by Cercle d'Art in 1995 under the general curation and scientific direction of Mr Jean-François Hubert, Expert in Far Eastern Art.

Le Viêt Nam Des Royaumes, the pioneering exhibition in history where the art of Vietnam was phenomenally identified, assembled and presented in this exceptional way under the general curation and scientific direction of Mr Jean-François Hubert, Expert in Far Eastern Art. The exhibition was held at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche, 24 rue de Sèvres ...

L'Art du Champa (The Art of Champa) by Jean-François Hubert originally published in 2005. From 12 October 2005 to 9 January 2006, the Musee Guimet in Paris will play host to an exceptional exhibition: Treasures of Vietnamese Art: Champa Sculpture. This show will bring together for the first time, outstanding pieces from the Musee Guimet, the ...

Wally Findlay Galleries quoted a dialogue between Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) and Mr Jean-François Hubert, Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art in 1995. Mr Jean-François Hubert: “Master, which is your preferred period?”. With no hesitation, Le Pho answered: “My Findlay.”