JOSEPH INGIMBERTY (1896-1971)
The Ha long Bay (200 m - 656 ft)
Vietnam
The Sste Hạ Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. The name Hạ Long means "descending dragon". Administratively, the bay is a part of Vân Đồn District. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various shapes and sizes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bai Tu Long Bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà Island to the southwest. These larger zones share a similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.
Hạ Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2 (600 sq mi), including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 (129 sq mi) with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem.
Hạ Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2 (600 sq mi), including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 (129 sq mi) with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem.
Hạ Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species.
Historical research surveys have shown the presence of prehistoric human beings in this area tens of thousands years ago. The successive ancient cultures are the Soi Nhu culture around 18,000–7000 BC, the Cai Beo culture 7000–5000 BC and the Hạ Long culture 5,000–3,500 years ago.
Historical research surveys have shown the presence of prehistoric human beings in this area tens of thousands years ago. The successive ancient cultures are the Soi Nhu culture around 18,000–7000 BC, the Cai Beo culture 7000–5000 BC and the Hạ Long culture 5,000–3,500 years ago.
Hạ Long Bay also marked important events in the history of Vietnam with many artifacts found in Bai Tho Mountain, Dau Go Cave, Bai Chay.
500 years ago, Nguyễn Trãi praised the beauty of Ha Long Bay in his verse Lộ nhập Vân Đồn, in which he called it "rock wonder in the sky".
500 years ago, Nguyễn Trãi praised the beauty of Ha Long Bay in his verse Lộ nhập Vân Đồn, in which he called it "rock wonder in the sky".
In 1962, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of North Vietnam listed Ha Long Bay in the National Relics and Landscapes publication.
In 1994, the core zone of Ha Long Bay was listed as a World Heritage Site according to Criterion VII, and listed for a second time according to Criterion VIII.
The painter
Joseph Inguimberty is a french artist from Provence. He entered the Ecole des beaux-arts in Marseille in 1910 under the direction of the painter Alphonse Moutte. In 1913, he was admitted to the National School of Decorative Arts of Paris. The First World war interrupts his studies. Mobilized in the infantry, he was wounded in 1917 in Reims. After the Armistice he returned to the National School of Decorative Arts in the studio of Eugène Édouard Morand, father of the writer Paul Morand. Then, he travels to Europe and especially Belgium, where he paints scenes related to the world of work. Between 1922, the date of his return to Marseille, and 1924, he painted three large paintings composing a triptych of the world of work at the port of Marseille.
In 1925, Joseph Inguimberty became director of the painting department of the School of Fine Arts of Vietnam in Hanoi, just founded by Victor Tardieu. He paints work in the rice fields and Indochinese women. Impressed by the decoration of the temples, he specializes in the study and teaching of lacquer. In 1929, the exhibition "Landscapes and Figures of the Tonkin Delta" made in Hanoi presented 30 of his paintings. In 193, he participated in the Colonial Exhibition of Vincennes with three large paintings representing scenes of life in Tonkin. Seconded by Alix Aymé, he created in 1934 a lacquer workshop.
Joseph Inguimberty did not return to France until after the Second World war, in 1946. The Japanese asked him to teach lacquer, but he refused. He moved to Menton and painted Provençal landscapes: the creeks, Marseille, the Alpilles and the Menton hinterland.
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