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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.
Michel Inguimberty, son of Joseph Inguimberty (France, 1896-1971) and Mr Jean-François Hubert, Marseille, south of France, 1996. Joseph Inguimberty had been teaching at the Fine Arts School of Hanoi for fifteen years when he started on this painting in 1940. He was teaching the decorative arts but also favoured teaching lacquer. It is under his aegis ...
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 ...
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
X, Le Thi Luu, Mai Trung Thu, Michel Vu, Yannick Vu, Vu Cao Dam (left to right) at Avenue du Parc, Vanves, the southwestern suburbs of Paris where Mai Trung Thu’s at 18 Avenue du Parc and Vu Cao Dam’s “Atelier” at 16 on the 7th and 8th floor of Avenue du Parc, Vanves, France, ...
Le Thi Luu, Mai Trung Thu, X, Michel Vu, Yannick Vu, Vu Cao Dam (left to right) at Vu Cao Dam’s “Atelier” at 14 on the 7th and 8th floor of Avenue du Parc, Vanves, the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France in 1946 where Mai Trung Thu’s at 18 Avenue du Parc.
