Mr Le Pho and his wife Paulette Vaux with Helen Findlay, Chicago, 1972.

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

Le Pho's View From The Hilltop fetched HKD 6,520,000, the world record for the artist at Christie's Hong Kong, 22 November 2014. Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) View From The Hilltop signed and dated 'Le Pho 1937' (lower right) oil on canvas 113 x 192 cm. (50 x 85 in.) Painted in 1937 Price Realised HKD ...

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 ...

S.A.I. Prince Bao Long during his inauguration, Imperial City of Hue,  1939. THE PRECIOUS FLEETING MOMENTS OF THE NGUYEN DYNASTY BY S.A.I. PRINCE BAO LONG H.M. Empress Nam Phuong and H.M. Emperor Bao Dai, Imperial City of Hue, 1934 Delighted that this exhibition is taking place and that I have been invited to write a ...

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.