Hoi Lebadang (1921-2015) Vietnamese/French, Artist Proof Mixed Media. An oval image in green and yellow hues depicts horses and fields with mountains in the distance. Above it is a kite-shaped embossed image of mountains in a landscape, uncolored. At bottom right is a drawing of a horse and signature in pencil. At bottom left is another drawing of a horse and the words "épreuve d'artiste," indicating this is an artist's proof. 

Overall Size: 32 x 26 in. 

Sight Size: 25 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. 

Lê Bá Đảng (Hoi Lebadang) was born on June 27th, 1921, in Bích La Đông, Quang Tri, Vietnam, and from an upper-class peasant background dreamed of moving to France, eventually arriving in 1940 where he endured imprisonment and forced labor before settling in Toulouse in 1942 to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. Graduating in 1948, he moved to Paris, established a studio, and married fellow artist Myshu, with whom he had a son. By the 1950s he gained recognition across France, experimenting with lithography and other mediums to depict French life and memories of Indochina and World War II, while the Vietnam War deeply influenced his later works featuring abstracted landscapes, horses, flowers, and boats, including controversial sculptures from downed B52 debris. Granted French nationality in 1981, he produced major works such as La comédie humaine and Espaces, bridging Eastern and Western art, and was honored as a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1994. He later founded the Fondation d’Art Lebadang in Huê, housing over 400 works spanning seven decades, and passed away on March 7th, 2015, in Paris, leaving a celebrated legacy in modern art.

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