About Nguyễn Gia Trí
Lived 1908 – 1993 (aged 84–85). Nguyễn Gia Trí was a Vietnamese painter.
Nguyễn Gia Trí (Chương Mỹ, Hà Tây 1908 - 1993) was a Vietnamese painter best known for his lacquer paintings. He also drew cartoons on political and social issues, many of them criticising French colonial rule.
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.
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Who was Nguyễn Gia Trí?
Vietnamese painter (1908–1993)
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Nguyễn Gia Trí was born in 1908 in Trường Yên.
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Nguyễn Gia Trí died in 1993 in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Nguyễn Gia Trí was a painter.
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Nguyễn Gia Trí was Vietnamese.
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