The Prix de l'Indochine (1914, 1920–1938) was a French colonial art prize established, originally as a one-off prize in 1910, and awarded 1914, by , Gouverneur général of Indochina. Charles Fouqueray obtained le prix Indochine 1914. From 1925 the prize was associated with the

École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine The Vietnam University of Fine Arts (formerly ''Hanoi College of Fine Arts'') is an art school in Hanoi, Vietnam originally established in Tonkin under French colonial rule in 1925. The university has trained many of Vietnam's leading artists and ...

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Victor Tardieu Victor François Tardieu (30 April 1870, Orliénas - 12 June 1937, Hanoi) was a French painter; cofounder of what is now known as the Vietnam University of Fine Arts. Biography In 1887, he was admitted to the École nationale des beaux-arts d ...

(1920),

Paul Jouve Pierre-Paul Jouve ( Marlotte, Seine-et-Marne, 16 March 1878 – Paris, 13 May 1973) was a French painter, sculptor and illustrator. He was notable for his paintings and sculptures of Africa's animals. He was first recipient of the Prix Abd-el ...

(1921), Antoine Ponchin (1922),

Jean Bouchaud Jean Bouchaud (1891 in Saint Herblain near Nantes – 1977 in Nantes) was a French painter. He was fascinated by travel since his childhood seeing ships from Africa call at Nantes. Apart from his travels in Africa and elsewhere, he also rece ...

(1924), Jules Besson (1925), Paul-Émile Legouez (1926), Raymond Virac (1927), Henri Dabadie (1928), Lucien Lièvre (1929), Louis Rollet (1930), Évariste Jonchère (1932), Jean Despujols (1936) and Louis Bate (1938). In certain years, such as 1935 and 1937, no prize was awarded.Les salons des artistes coloniaux: suivi d'un dictionnaire des sculpteurs Stéphane Richemond Éditions de l'Amateur, 2003 These winners were not required to paint scenes from Asia, which they had usually not visited prior to winning the prize. For example, Henri Dabadie, having travelled at his own expenses in Algeria, without having won the coveted Prix Abd-el-Tif for a residence at the

Villa Abd-el-Tif The Villa Abd-el-Tif, also known as ''la Villa Medicis algérienne'', is a Moorish villa located in Algiers, Algeria. It is notable for having been set up in 1907 in emulation of the French Academy in Rome, the Villa Medici. It was, until 196 ...

, entered a painting of the Bay of Tunis into competition at the Salon de la Société coloniale des Artistes français in 1928, which won him the Prix de l'Indochine, including free passage to Indochina, and a period of employment at EBAI in Hanoi.André-Pallois, Nadine. (1997). ''L'Indochine: un lieu d'échange culturel?: les peintres français.'' École française d'Extrême-Orient. pp. 221-226. Many of these artists were not primarily associated with Indochina, having also won the Prix Abd-el-Tif, with a residency in Algiers, in which case classed as "peintres Africanistes," or a bursary at the Villa Velázquez, Madrid.

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