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1907 Thanh Xuan, Vietnam - 2001 Paris, France. Known for: Female figure and floral painting.
"Home is where the art is for lamented Le Pho" by Le Thanh Tru. Some of those who have comfortable lives in the West have gradually forgotten their roots, their homeland but that could never be said... Read full biography
"Home is where the art is for lamented Le Pho" by Le Thanh Tru. Some of those who have comfortable lives in the West have gradually forgotten their roots, their homeland but that could never be said of Le Pho, the last of four famous Vietnamese painters in France. Le Pho, one of the first graduates... Read full biography
"Home is where the art is for lamented Le Pho" by Le Thanh Tru. Some of those who have comfortable lives in the West have gradually forgotten their roots, their homeland but that could never be said of Le Pho, the last of four famous Vietnamese painters in France. Le Pho, one of the first graduates of the French-built Indochina Fine Arts College, died in mid-December last year in France at the age of 94; yet for all his decades abroad, he never forgot his birthplace and one can be sure his soul... Read full biography
"Home is where the art is for lamented Le Pho" by Le Thanh Tru. Some of those who have comfortable lives in the West have gradually forgotten their roots, their homeland but that could never be said of Le Pho, the last of four famous Vietnamese painters in France. Le Pho, one of the first graduates of the French-built Indochina Fine Arts College, died in mid-December last year in France at the age of 94; yet for all his decades abroad, he never forgot his birthplace and one can be sure his soul seeks it still. From his earliest days, Le Pho nurtured a deep passion for painting. When opportunities were wanting, he made his own: from imitating pictures and photos to drawing back for a small local photographic shop. After graduating from the... Read full biography
"Home is where the art is for lamented Le Pho" by Le Thanh Tru. Some of those who have comfortable lives in the West have gradually forgotten their roots, their homeland but that could never be said of Le Pho, the last of four famous Vietnamese painters in France. Le Pho, one of the first graduates of the French-built Indochina Fine Arts College, died in mid-December last year in France at the age of 94; yet for all his decades abroad, he never forgot his birthplace and one can be sure his soul seeks it still. From his earliest days, Le Pho nurtured a deep passion for painting. When opportunities were wanting, he made his own: from imitating pictures and photos to drawing back for a small local photographic shop. After graduating from the Indochina Fine Arts College, which was set up in 1925 by French painter Victor Tardieu, he received a scholarship to study a... Read full biography
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Oriental Influence
- •Orientalism, Orientalist
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Asia, Orient
- •China
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Asian
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Salon d'Automne