Ha Van Vuong (1914-1990)

1914 Born Lucienne Leguay, in London, of French parents Educated in England and Paris 1933-34 Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris 1935-59 Lived in Vietnam, as a Vietnamese 1959-89 Lived and painted in London 1990 Died in Conington, near Cambridge

EXHIBITIONS

One-person Shows Studio Club, London 1960 Woodstock Gallery, London 1963 and 1964 Siri Colvin Gallery, Hampstead, London 1966, 1967 and 1968 Heal’s Art Gallery, London 1970 and 1972 Athena Gallery, London 1973 Numerous shows in various Athena Galleries from 1974

Group Shows include Free Painters’ Group, London Royal Watercolour Society, London Shrewsbury Heal’s Art Gallery, London

Athena International published fourteen of her works. Beechwood Publications Ltd and Art House International Ltd now print exclusively all reproductions of her work. Her creations are in collections in many countries. She has a lithograph in the Tate Gallery, London. Her lifelong study of ancient Chinese characters informed all her work.