
Nguyen Gia Tri or Nguyễn Gia Trí (
Chương Mỹ
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1908 - 1993) was a Vietnamese painter best known for his
lacquer paintings.
[''Insight Guides - Vietnam'' 2002 Page 110 "While Nguyen Gia Tri's works continue to generate acclaim for transforming the traditional decorative art form of lacquer to an Art Nouveau style depicting Vietnamese subjects and atmosphere, "]
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
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(École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine) from 1932.
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He worked for the magazines ''Phong Hóa'' and ''Ngày Nay'' starting from 1932 together with ]Nhất Linh
Nguyễn Tường Tam (; chữ Hán: 阮祥三 or 阮祥叄; Cẩm Giàng, Hải Dương 25 July 1906 – Saigon, 7 July 1963) better known by his pen-name Nhất Linh (, 一灵, "One Spirit") was a Vietnamese writer, editor and publisher in col ...
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.[
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Works
Many of his works are in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi.
Nguyen Gia Tri Sping.jpg, Playing in spring, sketch on paper
References
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1908 births
1993 deaths
20th-century Vietnamese painters
Vietnamese cartoonists
Vietnamese comics artists