Hallet was awarded the National Order of the Leopard in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for his efforts on behalf of the Efé.
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In one instance he was captured by rebel forces in Eastern Congo during the First Congo War and detained until Congolese troops were able to free him.Īwards and international recognition He returned to the Eastern Congo region to visit the Efé (and friends he had made during several decades) and to further his goals of securing land and protection for the Efé. Some of the profit from these art sales was used to benefit the Efé pygmies. The shop was managed by Hallet with his wife Liane Hallet, and two of his stepchildren. Hallet and his family owned one of the largest authentic Central African art shops in the United States-at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, near Los Angeles-until the late 1990s. Hallet donated much of his Central African art collection to the UCLA African Art exhibit of the Museum of Cultural History (later renamed the Fowler Museum), which was part of the rationale for the museum's creation.
It was in this capacity that he initially traveled throughout central Africa, interacting with various cultures and tribes.īoth the art works of André Hallet and many pieces from Jean-Pierre Hallet's African art collections have been sold at international art auctions. He was then sent to Belgium with relatives for his "formal" education, which included the study of agronomy and sociology at the University of Brussels (1945–1946) and at the Sorbonne (1947–1948).ĭuring 1948 he returned to Central Africa to work as an agronomist with the Belgian Ministry of Colonies. Jean-Pierre, born in Africa, spent his early childhood there. He lived on the shore of Lake Kivu, in modern Rwanda. Hallet's father was André Hallet, a Belgian painter of African scenes. 4.3 Over the Edge-People in Extraordinary Situations (1989).
4.2 The Pygmies of the Ituri Forest (1975).