VU CAO DAM
A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Indochine in 1931, Vu Cao Dam is one of the important Vietnamese painters of the 20th century.

Born in Hanoi in 1908, he migrated to Paris in the 1930's and moved to the south of France in 1949 where Marc Chagall was his neighbor and a great influence on his work. Vu Cao Dam was also strongly influenced by the French impressionists, especially Matisse and Bonnard.

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LE PHO
Recognized as one of the "Masters" of twentieth century Vietnamese painting, Le Pho was born in 1907.

A graduate of the first class of artists from the Ecole des Beaux Arts de l'Indochine in Hanoi, Le Pho traveled to France in 1932 to study painting in Paris. After returning to Vietnam, he became a teacher at the same Indochina Fine Arts School in Hanoi where he had previously studied.

In 1937, Le Pho moved to France where he continued to live and paint until his death in December 2001.

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