Category: Documentaries

Letter from Nguyen Gia Tri to Claude Mahoudeau, Saigon, 18 October 1959 Nguyen Gia Tri 26/8 Côngly Noi dai, Saigon. October 18th 1959 My Dear Mahoudeau, I'm sorry I wasn’t able to finish your lacquer painting at the beginning of the year as promised. Maybe you forgot about it, but for me, as it is my ...

Curriculum vitae of Nguyen Gia Tri written by the artist himself, Hanoi, 1943. Nguyên gia Tri Né à Hanoi in 1911 entré à l'Ecole de Beaux Arts in 1928, Sorti eu 1937 A commencé en collaborant aux revues Ngay Nay, Tinh Hoa (1935-1937). Hors concours au 1er salon ouvert par la Sadeai en 1935. La ...

Indochine, Salon Unique 1943, Issue No. 171, 9 October 1943, featuring a drawing by Nguyen Tuong Lan (Vietnam, 1906-1946) on the cover page.

Christie’s Singapore Preview — An unprecedented, cross-category Hong Kong Autumn Auctions highlights preview, the gorgeous exhibition of masterpieces well displayed in Singapore. My favourite this time is the rare and unique ‘Flower’ painted by Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) yet the best one I have seen in my life. Christie’s Singapore Preview 28–30 October 2022 Victoria ...

Exclusive Interview Recap with Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) and his wife Paulette Vaux, at their home in Paris in 1997 directed and executed by Mr Jean-François Hubert, Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art. "Throughout my life, in France, and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Hanoi, until now, if we were able to recover Le Pho's paintings, ...

Inside the home of Ngo Manh Duc (B. 1941), son of Le Thi Luu (Vietnam/France, 1911-1988) and his collection. Paintings later presented at Christie's Auction Sale: The Ngo Manh Duc Collection or The Homage of a Son to His Mother, Hong Kong, November 24, 2019. Ngo Manh Duc's home, Périgord, France A sanctuary at the heart of ...

Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) posing in front of his works at the exposition: “Résidence supérieure de l’Annam”, Hue, 1932; including La jeune femme de Hué (Young Lady from Hué), Jeune Fille au bouquet de lotus - Mademoiselle Phuong (Young Lady with the Lotus Bouquet - Mrs Phuong), La Mariée (The Bride),...

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’s home, Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) and his family living there, on the 5th floor of this beautiful typically Haussmanian-style building, 235 bis rue de Vaugirard 75015 Paris, taken on September 28, 2022

Completed mural painting and its details of Victor Tardieu before its hanging at the University of Indochina, 1928. 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 ...