Born in Phu Luu Village, Tu Son District, Bac Ninh Province in the Red River Delta on 18 February 1912, Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnam, 1912-2003), the first generation, graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (The School of Fine Arts of Indochina) in Hanoi in 1941, a year later of his father, Hoang Tich Phung passed away. He was one of the first four artists to attend the Unique Salon as well as FARTA exhibitions in Hanoi.