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Nguyen Gia Tri va Son Mai
Nguyễn Gia Trí (Chương Mỹ, Hà Tây 1909 - 1993) was a Vietnamese painter. He was best known for his mastery of lacquer painting. He also drew cartoons on political and social issues, many of them criticising French colonial rule.
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Tri studied at the Hanoi College of Fine Arts (École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine) from 1932. He worked for the magazines Phong Hóa and Ngày Nay starting from 1932 together with Nhất Linh and other famous writers and painters. He created the cartoon characters Xã Xệ and Bang Bạnh for the magazines and made changes to the character Lý Toét developed by Nhất Linh.
Works
Many of his works are in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi.
References
Nguyễn Gia Trí Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA