Alix Angèle Marguerite Aymé (Marseille 1894 - 1989) was a female French painter who lived in China and

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Life

Born Alix Angèle Marguerite Hava, she first married in 1920 Professor Paul de Fautereau-Vassel, moving with him to

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, China then

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. In 1925-1926 she taught drawing at the French Lycée in Hanoi.''Alix Aymé''.
Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art. Retrieved 12 September 2012. The couple returned to

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, where they lived from 1926 to 1928 and had a son. Then she separated from Fautereau-Vassel and returned with her infant son to

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. In 1931 she remarried to Colonel, later General, Georges Aymé,Héduy, Philippe, (1998). ''Histoire de l'Indochine: la perle de l'Empire (1624-1954): Volume 1.'' A. Michel. future deputy to Lieutenant-General :fr:Eugène Mordant, in command of the

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in Indochina, and whose younger brother

Marcel Aymé Marcel Aymé (29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children. Biography Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest of si ...

was later be known as a novelist. She travelled and painted also in Laos, becoming acquainted with the household of King

Sisavang Vong King Sisavangvong ( lo, ພຣະບາທສົມເດັຈພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາຊີວິຕສີສວ່າງວົງສ໌, 14 July 1885 – 29 October 1959) Born Prince Khao , was one of the last kings of Luang Praba ...

, and her large frescos were displayed in the

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. She became teacher at

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where she contributed to a reawakening of interest in

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. An exhibition of her work was held at the

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in 2012 who described her as "an influential participant in the promotion of Paris-born modernism in the era between the world wars." The exhibition documented the artist's development over nearly four decades, from early works influenced by the Nabi painter

Maurice Denis Maurice Denis (; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art, he is associated with ''Les Nabis'', symbolism, a ...

, to later adoption of Asian elements and modernism in her mature landscapes.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ayme, Alix 1894 births 1989 deaths 20th-century French painters Artists from Marseille French expatriates in China French people in colonial Vietnam