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COLLECTION OF THE LANGLOIS FAMILY
法國Langlois家族珍藏
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Jean Langlois (1896-1949) arrived in Vietnam in
1915. After the war, he decided to stay in Vietnam
where he worked as an engineer for the Société
de Construction des Chemins de Fer Indochinois.
In 1949 during a train attack fomented by the Viet-
Minh, he was imprisoned and executed on the same
day. His wife and two sons came back to France
in Burgundy near Dijon, where Jean Langlois was
a native of and brought with them all the works of
art they acquired during more than 30 years living
in Asia. Once in France, his family continued to buy
Chinese works of art on the French art market paying
tribute to Jean Langlois’s memory.
Jean Langlois 先生(1896-1949)於1915年抵達越南。戰後
他決定留在越南並成為中印半島鐵路建設公司之工程
師。1949年他被越盟處決後，夫人帶領兩個兒子及與他
們朝夕相處三十餘年的藝術品返回故鄉法國勃艮第。此
後他們在法國繼續收藏中國藝術品以紀念Jean Langlois
先生。
Mrs Langlois at home, Hanoï, in 1930s.
The Langlois family at home, The Langlois children, Hanoï, in 1930s. The Langlois children, Hanoï, in
Hanoï, in 1930s. 1930s.
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