Le Pho is an important Vietnamese artist along with Vu Cao Dam.  Born in 1902 son of Le Hoan, a senior mandarin, Le Pho received a comprehensive education, including training in brush training.  At the age of 18 Le Pho went on to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Hanoi for five years.  Afterwards for two years he then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.After completing his education, Le Pho returned to Vietnam to teach at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for four years. 

Then in 1937 he returned to Paris as a delegate in the International Exposition there.  He also served as a member of the jury of this exposition.During the thirties and forties, Le Pho travelled extensively in Europe and Asia.  At this time Le Pho painted with long, thin brushes of watercolor on silk.  His subjects, including birds, bamboo, and lotus flowers were traditionally Asian.  His work was clearly influenced by Pierre Bonnard and Odilon Redon.For the rest of his career Le Pho was a notable artist, represented in many exhibitions and shows throughout Europe and the United States.Le Pho died in 2001.  His works are in the permanent collections of Museum d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Vietnam Museum of Modern Art, and the Oklahoma Art Center.

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Bou

quet

de

Fleu

rs (B

ouqu

et o

f Flo

wer

)

Com

posi

tion

Fleurs de Pommier

Jeunes filles au jardin

Fleurs

La lecture (Reading in the Garden)

Bou

quet

of f

low

ers

Bou

quet

de

fleur

s

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Nature morte aux fleurs et pommes

La Cueillette des Fleurs

Nature morte aux fruits

Dans le jardin fleuri (In the flower garden)Gathering Flowers

Nature morte aux artichauts (Still life with artichokes)

Stil

l Life

with

Pop

pies

, Peo

nies

, and

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Still Life with Yellow Tulips

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with

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x 6

5 cm

Afternoon in the Garden Fleurs (Vase of pink flowers)

An Elegant Beauty in a Poppy Field (60 x 92 cm)

Après le déjeuner (After the Luncheon) Fraisias et renoncules (Freesia and Ranunculus)

Flower in the Vase Bouquet Lilies

Girl with ChrysanthemumsChrysanthemum blanc et Jaunes (White and yellow chrysanthemum)

Composition

Flower in the Vase (58x41)

Composition 65.5x92cm Iris et Tulipes (Iris and tulips)

Composition 82x101Jeune fille dans un jardin

Composition de fleurs (Composition of flowers)

Fleurs et fruits (Flowers and fruits) 92 x 60

Composition de fleurs (Flower Composition)

Deux enfants au bouquet (Two children with a bouquet)

Flowers 48x62,5

Les pivoines (The peonies)

La Femme et Le Bouquet de Tulipes (Lady with a Bouquet of Tulips) Tulipes, mimosas et iris dans un vase

Gathering poppies

Vase of Flowers and Lacquer Box

L'arrangement d'un bouquet (Bouquet arrangement) Les Poppies (The Poppies)

Whi

te, Y

ello

w a

nd R

ed A

nem

ones

in a

a W

hite

Vas

e 46

x27

cm

Les Dahlias Jaunes

Les Pivoines

Les

Piv

ones

Bla

nche

s

Les

rose

s et

les

syrin

gas

(Ros

es a

nd s

yrin

gas)

Les hortensias (The hydrangeas)

Les hortensias bleus (The blue hydrangeas) Rose et bleu

Tulips in a vase

La Vase Celadon(91.5 x 58.5 cm)

Woman in Garden(Circa 1975)

Vase de fleurs

Floral Still Lifes (a pair of works)

Hibiscus et oiseaux (Hibiscus and birds)

Les tulipes dans le jardin

Les lys jaune (Yellow lilies)

Les

Pop

pies

Pivoines et roses(Peonies and roses in vase)

Bou

quet

au

vase

chi

nois

Le

parti

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la c

arte

(The

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me)

Sound: Hoang Vang - Vietnamese music

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2012