Alix Aymé

Alix Aymé, born Hava (* 1894 in Marseille, † 1989 in Paris) was a French painter who lived in China and Vietnam.

Life

Aymé married to Professor Paul de Fautereau - Vassel in 1920, moved to Shanghai and later to Hanoi with him. She taught drawing at the French School in Hanoi. The couple returned to France, where she lived 1926-1928 and had a son. Aymé later separated from her husband and returned with her son back to Indochina. In 1931 she married the General Georges Aymé, whose younger brother Marcel Aymé later became known as a writer. Aymé later traveled to Laos and was acquainted with the family of the king Sisavang Vong, her work has been exhibited at the Royal Palace of Luang Prabang. Aymé began on " Hanoi College of Fine Arts" to teach and helped spark new interest in lacquer painting.

An exhibition of Ayme's work took place in the year 2012 held at the Johns Hopkins University, where their development has been shown as an artist for over four decades, influenced by her early, from Nabi painter Maurice Denis, works until finally their modernist landscapes with Asian influences.