HUMANITARIAN OF THE DECADE
In 1976 Jean-Pierre Hallet was proclaimed “Humanitarian of the Decade” by the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation.

US PRESIDENTIAL END HUNGER AWARD
In 1987, The Pygmy Fund received the “US Presidential End Hunger Award, with " Special Recognition”, for the winged bean program created by Jean-Pierre Hallet. The same award was given the previous year to the Peace Corps for 25 years of service by 100,000 volunteers!

FIRST MAN TO SAVE RACE OF PEOPLE FROM EXTINCTION
Jean-Pierre Hallet was the first man in the world ever to SAVE a RACE of People from Extinction.  Jean-Pierre’s knowledge, love, and deep respect for the pygmies resulted in his writing, advocating for, and obtaining an official acceptance of his “Declaration of Emancipation” for the endangered Efé pygmies of the Ituri Forest, Zaire in 1957. In the same year, his humanitarian work was declared to be an “Ethnological Revolution, the most remarkable social achievement of recent years” by the Press Africaine.  His dedication
to the Efe' Pygmies continued until the day he died on January 1, 2004.

One of the World's Greatest African Art Collectors
Jean-Pierre amassed a vast collection of African art during his travels and professional activities. This first collection, considered one of the world’s greatest, was effectively donated to the Fowler Museum UCLA in 1963.

OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY...
THE MAN AND THE ART
The collection available on this website is part of the African Art personally collected by Jean-Pierre Hallet from many regions of Africa including Tanzania, and Southern and Western Africa.  These pieces from his SECOND Amazing collection, literally filled every room in his Malibu, CA home, as well as a separate warehouse and the large store and gallery in Santa Monica, California, and later West Los Angeles.   

PART OF THIS LIANE & JEAN-PIERRE HALLET
PRIVATE COLLECTION ... 
inherited by his three step-children, is now being offered FOR SALE and FOR RENT to the public.   Kristina, Jeff & Janou worked with Jean-Pierre and their mother Liane Hallet, tirelessly to help raise awareness about the plight of the Efe' Pygmies in the Ituri Forest. Together as a family they worked long hours at their Santa Monica, 3rd Street Promenade store and at fairs throughout Southern California. 

This collection of African Art, is more than just Art, it is a lifetime of collecting from a GIANT of a MAN that was well ahead of his time.  A man that wanted nothing more than to STOP WORLD HUNGER and SAVE THE EFE' PYGMIES of the Ituri Forest from extinction.  

THE LIGHTNING-WELCOME MUSEUM
In November 2009, the Lightning-Welcome Musuem was created to house and show many of the pieces from this collection.   Jean-Pierre wanted as many people as possible to experience African Art, and the cultures that came with it.  Unfortunately, due to the downturn in the economy, we were forced to close the museum in October 2009.  We are working on an on-line version, and hope to eventually have a new Physical Museum open at a later date.

A Note from his Step-children:  Even after our mother died tragically in 2000, and our family was in distress, Jean-Pierre still drove forward gaining a Nobel prize nomination for his tireless work with the Efe' Pygmies, before the additional tragedy of 9/11. 

He never won the Nobel prize, but he won the heart and respect of an entire race of people that at one time were not even recognized as being human.  This "Abe Lincoln of the Congo" as he was often called was a man of firsts, and those that have a piece of his collection, will have the opportunity to not only talk about the history of the art, but to talk about the history of the man. 

When buying this art it is our hope that you will be keeping the name of Jean-Pierre Hallet alive, for generations to come, so that more people will have the opportunity to truly appreciate all that he tried to accomplish in his life, that unfortunately ended too soon.

Sincerely,

Janou, Jeff & Kristina