Mère et Enfant (Mother and Child) painting of Vietnamese painter Le Pho (Photo: artcurial.com)The auction is scheduled to start on June 8. Le Pho, who lived from 1907 to 2001, was a prominent Vietnamese painter who developed a successful and prolific career in France with thousands of artworks to his credit. He is also the first Vietnamese artist whose paintings sold for US$1 million and over in public auctions. Le Pho’s “Nue”, known as “Nude” in English, fetched US$1.4 million and is the highest auction price ever for a Vietnamese painting. Mai Trung Thu, who lived from 1906 to 1980, known as Mai Thu, was born to a prominent northern family in Vietnam.
