Artwork Details

Jean Volang (1921 to 2005) studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Hanoi and taught there for a time. In 1946 he moved to Hong Kong then to Paris in 1949. Volang was a former Ambassador at Large during the Diem Government. He won the "Grand Prix Salon Unique d'Indochine" in 1943.

This painting of ships is one of the artist's favourite subjects.