Alix Aymé

Alix Angèle Marguerite Aymé (Marseille 1894 - 1989) was a female French painter who lived in China and Vietnam.[1]

Life

Born Alix Angèle Marguerite Hava, she first married in 1920 Professor Paul de Fautereau-Vassel, moving with him to Shanghai, China then Hanoi, Vietnam. In 1925-1926 she taught drawing at the French Lycée in Hanoi.[2][nb 1]

The couple returned to France, where they lived from 1926 to 1928 and had a son. Then she separated from Fautereau-Vassel and returned with her infant son to Indochina. In 1931 she remarried to Colonel, later General, Georges Aymé,[3][nb 2] future deputy to Lieutenant-General fr:Eugène Mordant, in command of the French Army in Indochina, and whose younger brother Marcel Aymé was later be known as a novelist.[2][3] She travelled and painted also in Laos, becoming acquainted with the household of King Sisavang Vong, and her large frescos were displayed in the Royal Palace, Luang Prabang.[4] She became teacher at EBAI where she contributed to a reawakening of interest in lacquer painting.

An exhibition of her work was held at the Johns Hopkins University in 2012 who described her as "an influential participant in the promotion of Paris-born modernism in the era between the world wars."[5] The exhibition documented the artist’s development over nearly four decades, from early works influenced by the Nabi painter Maurice Denis, to later adoption of Asian elements and modernism in her mature landscapes.

Notes
  1. This is distinct from the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (EBAI) founded by Victor Tardieu in the same year.[2]
  2. "Surnommé « Nimbus » par son état-major, Mordant ne s'entendait guère avec Decoux. Le gouverneur le garde en Indochine et désigne à son poste le général Aymé, chef de la division du Tonkin. Personnalité brillante et impulsive, Aymé était d'ailleurs le principal collaborateur de Mordant à la tête de la résistance"[3]

References
  1. Corinne De Menonville (2012). Alix Aymé. Somogy Editions d'Art. ISBN 978-2-7572-0484-9. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. Alix Aymé. Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  3. Héduy, Philippe, (1998). Histoire de l'Indochine: la perle de l'Empire (1624-1954): Volume 1. A. Michel. need page number. ISBN 2226099654
  4. Michel Lécureur Marcel Aymé: un honnête homme 1997 "Un ancien d'Indochine, M. Chenivesse a confié au sujet de celle-ci ' : « Alors que j'étais reçu au palais royal de Louang- Prabang, mon attention (...) fut attirée par les grandes fresques sur la vie laotienne d'Alix de Fautereau. Je connus là-bas cette artiste — à la ville Mme Alix Aymé — qui était l'épouse du général commandant (...) et donc belle-sœur de l'écrivain Marcel Aymé. Mme Aymé fut professeur à l'école des beaux-ans d'Hanoï, où elle a largement contribué à relancer la laque. Je devais la revoir plus tard à Rouen, où elle présentait une exposition de ses ..."
  5. Alix Aymé: European Perception and Asian Poeticism
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