MAI-THU was born on 10t h November 1906 in Ro-Nha (North Vietnam). He attended the Beaux-Arts of Hanoi (1925-1930) then arrived in France for the International Exhibition of 1937. He started his career as a painter but also as a performer of the docu-huyen (single string Vietnamese instrument) and as a film-maker. As of 1948, he regularly exhibited his work in galleries in Paris and in the provinces. All his work, apart from a few oil paintings, is painted on silk with gouache, by rubbing and colours applied as solids. Mai-Thu died on 10th October 1980 at Clichy La Garenne. ...