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Christie’s catalogue, Southeast Asian Pictures, Singapore, 28 March 1999. This was 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 – Christie’s. Painting now belongs to National Gallery Singapore. Frontpage featuring Le Pho’s Harmonie Verte: Les Deux Sœurs (Harmony in Green: The Two Sisters) by Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001), gouache on …
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 …
Jean Volang (Vietnam/France, 1921-2005) Portrait de Jean-François Hubert (Portrait of Jean-François Hubert) oil on wooden panel signed ‘Volang’ (lower right) and noted ‘à mon Ami J. FRANCOIS’ (lower left); signed again and dated ’23/3/05′ on the reverse 47 x 34 cm. (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.) painted in 2005
Christie’s 20th Century Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 26 November – 1 December 2022 This season, Christie’s 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale presents seminal works by leading masters of the modern era and contemporary luminaries, as well as emerging artists from around the world. Highlights to be proud include Vietnamese paintings, works on paper and sculptures by prominent artists from South East Asia. …
Le Pho (1907-2001) La femme aux rosiers (Lady with Roses) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le Pho’ (upper left); titled ‘La femme aux rosiers’ (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk laid on paper 61 x 42 cm. (24 x 16 1/2 in.) Painted circa 1940 one seal of the artist The painting will be present at the upcoming Christie’s Hong Kong Autumn Evening …
Conference on the very first Southeast Asian Pictures Preview of Christie’s Singapore at Christie’s Paris, 6 rue Paul Baudry, Paris, 1999. Philippe Delalande Specialist in Asian arts from Christie’s France and the Directors of Christie’s Keong Ruoh Ling Specialist in Southeast Asian arts from Christie’s Singapore Please give them the honor to attend the conference “The École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine or the birth …
Christie’s official letter of invitation to the very first Southeast Asian Pictures Preview of Christie’s Singapore at Christie’s Paris, featuring a selection of highlights from the upcoming Singapore auction on 3 October 1999 at 6 rue Paul Baudry, 75008 Paris between 6th to 8th of September. The specialist of the Southeast Asian Pictures Department, Ms Keong Ruoh Ling and Mr Jean-François Hubert, the consultant on …
Victor Tardieu (French, 1870-1937) La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits oil on canvas with traces of a grid 100 x 120 cm. (39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in.) painted circa 1924-1925 La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits, Portrait de femme à l’éventail, Maternities, La Vaccination, La Tonkinoise, and La Vietnamienne à l’Enfant are Victor Tardieu’s subjects defined for the …
Victor Tardieu (French, 1870-1937) Portrait de femme à l’éventail sanguine and chalk on cardboard signed and dated ‘Victor Tardieu Saigon 1922’ (middle right) 48,5 x 65 cm. (19 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.) painted in 1922 La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits, Portrait de femme à l’éventail, Maternities, La Vaccination, La Tonkinoise, and La Vietnamienne à l’Enfant are Victor Tardieu’s subjects defined …
Nguyen Thi Hau in Ngay Nay, Issue No. 1, 30 January 1935. Known as “the very first lady to have the latest Lemur clothing on”, she later became a lawyer and mayor of Da Lat (1965-1966). She was the only female mayor in Vietnam’s political history at that time. Promoted, worn, assumed, Cat Tuong’s ao dai allows women to show their beauty, to exercise their …
Nguyen Cat Tuong (Vietnamese, 1912-1946), alias LeMur Mother and child signed and dated 1940 (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 74,5 X 38,5 cm. (29 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.) painted in 1940 We can make our way to a better understanding of a man who was not only a talented painter but also one of these – very rare… – a social actor …
Nguyen Cat Tuong (Vietnam, 1912-1946), alias LeMur, was born in Son Tay. He graduated from the Indochina School of Fine Arts (fourth class, 1928-1933) where he was a fellow student of Nguyen Tuong Lan (1910-1942). Both belonged to the nationalist literary group, founded in 1932, the Tu Luc Van Doan (Autonomous Literary Group). It is not a known fact but of the 7 founding members …
Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937) executing his work in his workshop in Hanoi, circa 1923-1924. 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 place the Vietnamese characters moving back further into the background of several European civil …
Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937) Maternities signed and dated ‘Victor Tardieu Hanoi 1925’ (lower left) charcoal and chalk on paper 77.5 x 54cm. (30½ x 21¼ in.) painted in 1925 La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits, Portrait de femme à l’éventail, Maternities, La Vaccination, La Tonkinoise, and La Vietnamienne à l’Enfant are Victor Tardieu’s subjects defined for the major fresco 160m2 to compose …
Victor Tardieu (French, 1870-1937) La Vaccination oil on canvas 119 x 90 cm. (46 7/8 x 35 1/2 in.) Painted circa 1923 La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits, Portrait de femme à l’éventail, Maternities, La Vaccination, La Tonkinoise, and La Vietnamienne à l’Enfant are Victor Tardieu’s subjects defined for the major fresco 160m2 to compose an ode on progress. The most beautiful …
Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937) La Tonkinoise Au Panier (Tonkin Woman with Basket) oil on canvas 108 x 80 cm. (42 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.) Painted in 1923 La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits, Portrait de femme à l’éventail, Maternities, La Vaccination, La Tonkinoise, and La Vietnamienne à l’Enfant are Victor Tardieu’s subjects defined for the major fresco 160m2 to compose an …
Joseph Inguimberty (France, 1896-1971) Sitting Vietnamese woman; Vietnamese peasant woman and a Vietnamese peasant man all signed with monogram ‘I. J.’ (lower right) charcoal on paper 31 x 26 cm. (12 x 10 in.); 26 x 20 cm. (10 x 8 in.); 31 x 26 cm. (12 x 10 in.) Executed between 1935-1938 Joseph Inguimberty (France, 1896-1971) Sitting Vietnamese woman signed with monogram ‘I. J.’ …
Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937) The Mandarins oil on canvas 95 x 134 cm. (37 3/8 x 52 3/4 in.) painted circa 1922 The Mandarins, La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits, Portrait de femme à l’éventail, Maternities, La Vaccination, La Tonkinoise, and La Vietnamienne à l’Enfant are Victor Tardieu’s subjects defined for the major fresco 160m2 to compose an ode on progress. Some …
Alix Tardieu with her grandfather Victor Tardieu work which is one of masterpieces in The Legacy of Victor and Jean Tardieu. THE LEGACY OF VICTOR AND JEAN TARDIEU BY ALIX TARDIEU If I revisit my childhood memories, the image of my grandfather, Victor Tardieu the painter, becomes intimately blurred with that of my father, Jean Tardieu the writer. My grandfather passed away before I was …
For the very first time in Vietnamese Art History, a Vietnamese masterpiece by Le Pho featured on the front page of a catalogue. On 19 December 1996, in Drouot, its estimate was EUR 8000, finally released at EUR 25,000. For now, its estimate would be EUR 2,000,000. Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Femme du Mandarin (The Mandarin’s Wife) signed and dated ‘LE-PHO 1931’ (lower right) oil …
EDENS – Exhibition, Story, Film by Photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh at Hotel de Guise, 72 rue de l’Université 75007 Paris. Courtesy Photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh and his endorsement, for non-commercial purposes. EDENS e-Invitation – Exhibition, Story, Film by Photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh at Hotel de Guise, 72 rue de l’Université 75007 Paris.
The most significantly soul-touching EDENS – Exhibition, Story, Film by Photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh at Hotel de Guise, 72 rue de l’Université 75007 Paris. Mastering in lighting techniques, Jean-Baptiste Huynh hones his refined and timeless photographic writing through recurring themes in his work: the gaze, the image of oneself, the link between the human, animal, plant, and mineral worlds, all is tribute to an original nature. …
Passing and coming back right in front of this captivating painting of Mai Trung Thu (Vietnamese, 1906-1980) which drew all my attention, standing still for a long while for its subtleties and delicates. When painting this sumptuous silk of “L’élégante Interrogation” (The Elegant Questioning) in 55,5 x 46 cm. (21 ²⁷/₃₂ x 18 ⁷/₆₄ in.) dimensions in 1943, Mai Trung Thu was living in France (since …
Le Pho (1907-2001) Bouquet de lys (Bouquet of Lilies) signed ‘Le pho’ (lower right) ink and gouache on silk laid on board 55 × 72.5 cm. (21 5/8 x 28 1/2 in.) Painted circa 1936 one seal of the artist The most beautiful bouquet of lilies flowers painted by Le Pho (Vietnamese, 1907-2001) through the medium of gouache and ink on silk of large dimensions …
La Coupole, Montparnasse, Paris, between the two wars. It was in the cafés of Montparnasse – which replaced Montmartre at the beginning of the century – that the world history of art was written in those years. What triumphed there, to an ever greater extent than spirit, was culture. A culture created by an extreme artistic cauldron fuelled in equal parts by meetings and interactions …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001), Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980), X, Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam, 1908-2000) (drinking), X (left to right), circa 1937. Upper right is a portrait of Quy, Le Pho’s cousin. Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Portrait of Quy, cousin of the artist oil on canvas 66 x 51 cm. (26 x 20 in.) painted in 1928
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 job, I can’t let it out of my mind. Now …
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 première laque faite à la sortie de l’Ecole en 1937-1938 …
