LOUIS-JULES DUMOULIN EMBARKED ON HIS FIRST WORLD TOUR IN 1887. HE SAILED TO JAPAN ON A DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT. AFTER TRAVELING WIDELY IN JAPAN, HE VISITED SHANGHAI, CANTON, MACAO, HONG KONG, INDOCHINA, MALAYSIA AND INDIA ON HIS WAY BACK TOI HIS NATIVE FRANCE. HIS WORKS FROM THIS TOUR WERE EXHIBITED AT THE GALERIE GEORGES PETIT IN DECEMBER 1889 (LOUIS DUMOULIN: L’EXTREME ORIENT). HE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL WIDELY AND FOUNDED THE SOCIÉTE COLONIALE DES ARTISTES FRANCAIS. THE GROUP AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SEND YOUNG ARTISTS ABROAD TO WORK FOR FOUR MONTHS IN FRENCH COLONIES. HERE ARE SEVERAL WORKS FROM THAT TRIP.