Painter Le Pho

Who is Painter Le Pho?
Painter Le Pho is considered a master of post-impressionist art in Vietnam and around the world with many expensive works. He is also known by many as "Vietnamese painter in France".
Painter Le Pho has an introspective lifestyle with a sensitive and delicate personality. His painting style is divided into 2 periods:

The first period from 1934 to 1945
This period, painter Le Pho composed mainly mainly on silk paintings with classical style mixed with Chinese style. He uses bold, cold and pure colors. Typical paintings such as "Sitting young lady" or "Tile roof bird". The woman in Le Pho's paintings has the look of an angel but is also a little dignified with a touch of Europe, but still sad and mysterious.
Second period from 1950 onwards:
During this period, Le Pho's paintings turned to a different style. The works are mainly in the oil painting genre, with a more open and romantic love. His paintings are considered to be the crystallization of the quintessence of painting art between East and West.
Famous works:

• The painting "The Lady in the Garden" of the Leslie Hindman exhibition is an oil painting painted on silk. Size 104.1 x 83.8 cm costs 30,000 -> 50,000 USD. Small-sized paintings (46.4 x 27.3 cm) cost about 6,000 - 8,000 USD.
• The painting "Feeding the birds" has been put up for sale for a record price of almost 100, 000 USD in 1997.
• The painting "The Lady", belongs to the category of lacquer painting, is considered the most expensive at the Gallery Dinh Tien Hoang-Hanoi.
• Painting work "Kim Van Kieu", genre Lacquer paintings inlaid with materials such as Asian ivory, amber, jade and ten gold. The content of the painting depicts a poetic scene in the work of Tales of Kieu by the great poet Nguyen Du.
• A l'approche du Tet (A New Year's Eve, 60 x 47 cm, 1937) was created by the author. Auction Christie's bid 76,900 to 102,600 USD.
• In April 2012, painting Le Rideau Mauve (Purple Curtain) sold at auction for 2.9 million HKD (equivalent to 373 USD). .520 USD), in Hong Kong. This work has the highest price ever paid at an auction for a work from a Vietnamese artist.
• The painting "Mother and children", depicting a scene of a grandmother mother playing with three children costs about 102,000 - 128,000 USD.
• The painting "Hoai Co Huong", size 60.5 x 46 cm is available for sale in 2006 with a price floor from 181. 820 - 303. 030 USD. The painting officially sold for 360,000 SGD (equivalent to 222, 325 USD).
• In 2014, "View from the top of the hill" set the record for the most expensive painting by an artist. Vietnamese. The painting was sold by Christie's International for $840,000.

Painter Le Pho's childhood was unhappy, she lost her mother at the age of 3 and her father at the age of 8. After that, he and his brother and sister-in-law were always responsible for the actions of their grandchildren.
In 1925, painter Le Pho was admitted to the 1st course of the University of Fine Arts Indochina. He is one of 10 Vietnamese students who were classified by Professor Victor Tardieu in the group of 10 "elite" students of the course and at the same time followed the East Asian art school during 5 years of study.
In 1928, he and the painters Vu Cao Dam, Mai Trung Thu holds the first painting exhibition in Hanoi.
In 1931, painter Le Pho went to France to decorate a number of exhibitions in Paris. After 1 year, he was granted a scholarship to study at the Paris School of Fine Arts. Since then, he has been acquainted with many art schools, including Impressionism, a school that must have had a great influence on Le Pho's compositions.
In 1933, after returning home, musician Le Pho returned to teach at Indochina Fine Arts College in Hanoi.
At the end of 1935, painter Le Pho was invited to Hue to paint portraits of King Bao Dai and the queen Nam Phuong. In addition, he was also invited to paint large-scale paintings to decorate the Hue royal court.
In 1937, Le Pho returned to Paris - France, to be in charge of the Indochina pavilion at the international exhibition. Here, he was really fascinated by the magnificent beauty and diverse art schools, so he applied to settle here.
In 1938, painter Le Pho held his first personal gallery exhibition. The Exhibition has attracted many famous artists as well as art lovers from Western countries.
In 1941, he and his close friend, painter Mai Trung Thu, organized a war exhibition in Alger. The Exhibition was very successful and also sold a lot of works.
In 1963, he cooperated with the American gallery Wally Finday to organize a number of art exhibitions..

Painter Le Pho is married to Mrs. Paulette Vaux, a French woman. She was a reporter for Life & Time in Paris in 1947.

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When was Painter Le Pho born?
Le Pho was born in 2-8-1907, death day is 12/12/2001, at the age of 94.
Where is Painter Le Pho's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Le Pho was born in Ho Chi Minh, of Vietnam. Mr working and living in Paris, of France. Mr, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Le Pho's global rank is 10211 and whose rank is 19 in list of famous Painter.

Portrait of Painter Le Pho

A work of painter Le Pho