Tag: Alix Aymé

Christie’s Hong Kong, 24 - 28 May 2023 This season, Christie’s 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale is proud to present seminal works by leading masters from modern and post-war eras to contemporary luminaries and emerging artists around the world. Featuring works by the leading masters, the auction traces how art has traversed time and borders. ...

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 ...