Le Pho. « Les Éternités » (Eternities). Lacquer. Circa 1935.
Works on lacquer by Le Pho are extremely rare. In the famous 1931 Exposition Coloniale (Colonial Exhibition) in Paris, Le…
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Works on lacquer by Le Pho are extremely rare. In the famous 1931 Exposition Coloniale (Colonial Exhibition) in Paris, Le…
If we consider Le Pho’s work over his life (1907-2001), three periods appear, each with a distinct history and style. The…
Any ranking is, by its very nature, relative and subjective. Though occasionally unfair, such a ranking is always instructive. The…
Dr. Francois Charles, a prominent doctor working in Oran, French Algeria, first acquired the present lot from the well-known cultural…
Une tasse de thé an everlasting masterpiece of Vietnamese art.
Le Pho always showed gratitude for the circumstances of his life, and the depth of his feeling was a vital source of inspiration for his exceptional artistic work.
The whole scenery immersed in shades of brown and green shows that nature is stronger than humans.
This superlative masterwork is of great historical and artistic significance – both marking a milestone in the artist’s work as well as in Vietnamese painting.
2019 witnessed the great painter Le Pho (b. Hadong 1907 d. Paris 2000) become the most expensive Franco-Vietnamese painter in…
In 1925, Vietnam any painting of a nude was the fruit of a clash between two mentalities: on the one…