Nguyễn Gia Trí

[1][2][3][4] He also drew cartoons on political and social issues, many of them criticising French colonial rule.

[5] Tri studied at the Hanoi College of Fine Arts (École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine) from 1932.

[5] 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.

[5] Many of his works are in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi.

Photo of Nguyễn Gia Trí (the person sitting on the far left) taken with friends
Lacquer painting "Vườn xuân Bắc Trung Nam" in Fine Arts Museum Ho Chi Minh city