Alix Aymé (1894-1989) - Lot 138

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Alix Aymé (1894-1989) - Lot 138
Alix Aymé (1894-1989) Professor at the Indochina School of Fine Arts Portrait of his son, François. Return from Indochina. Oil on canvas framed. Dimensions : 46x55 cm. (Small lacks and tear at the top). On the back of the canvas, a view of the roofs probably of a small town in the Oise. Alix Aymé had two children from her two marriages, Michel born in 1926 and François born in 1933. The first was killed in 1945 in tragic circumstances in Hanoi after the Japanese Coup de Force. The latter followed his family by leaving Indochina precipitously the same year for France. It is in this context of return from Indochina that the portrait of the artist's last son was executed. Provenance: bought as part of the estate of Alix Aymé in 1989. Alix Aymé (1894-1889). Born Alix Hava in Marseille, the young woman moved to Paris to become a pupil, and then the collaborator, of Maurice Denis (1870-1943). Together they created the sets for the Théâtre des Champs Elysées. Married to the professor of literature Paul de Fautereau in 1920, she made a first stay in Indochina. During this period, she taught drawing at the high school of the protectorate of Hanoi. In 1931, Alix married for the second time Colonel Georges Aymé, who was in charge of the command of the armed forces in Indochina. It is in this context that she became close to the family of the king of Laos Sisavang Vong, for whom she created large frescoes in the Royal Palace of Luang Prabang. From 1934 to 1939, she was appointed professor at the Indochina School of Fine Arts where she actively contributed to the revival of the art of lacquerware alongside Joseph Inguimberty. She left Indochina for good in 1945.
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