Jean Volang, (Vietnamese / French 1921-2005)

"Le Clown",  Oil painting on canvas, signed  LL "Volang", also  inscribed on the back. Size of canvas: 29" x 24".

Jean Volang, born in 1921, the second of his father’s fourteen sons, studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Hanoi, and tought there for sometime. In 1946 he became a political prisoner of the first Ho Chi Minh regime, but escaped to Hong Kong where for three years he continued his work and study. In 1949 he moved to Paris. Volang was a former Ambassador at Large during the Diem regime. Volang won the “Grand Prix du Salon Unique d’Indochine” in 1943 he went on to exhibit his work around the world, many of his works are in museums and distinguished private collections around the world.