Vu Cao Dam's circle

Encouraged his sculpture and sat for a bronze bust. Vu Cao Dam spoke of him with gratitude all his life.

Taught decoration at the school.

Lectured on the Ajanta caves, an interest that returned in the 1950s.

First-class student at Hanoi, neighbor in France, and the man who is said to have introduced him to Wally Findlay.

They shared a flat on avenue de Saxe in 1936–37 and later the same building at Vanves.

Received his tinted plaster Family Scene of 1950 as a gift.

Anne Fort suggests he helped shape the shared style of 1937.

Graduated the same year.

Poet and son of Victor Tardieu, a lifelong friend who sat for a bust.

A neighbor in the south of France and an artist he admired.

A pianist at the Schola Cantorum.

Painter and sculptor.

Painter and sculptor. She had the Ho Chi Minh bust cast in bronze and gave lithographs to the Musée Cernuschi.

Italian artist, Yannick Vu's first husband.

Co-founder of the Fundación Yannick y Ben Jakober.

The emperor sat for a bust and offered him a near-official post.

He modelled Colette's bust on the voyage to France and Paul Reynaud's in 1933.

Ho Chi Minh's hosts in France, who received the silk painting from him.

Helped him settle in Vence.

Helped arrange his Swiss exhibitions.

Visited him at Saint-Paul-de-Vence.