He is from Truong Yen commune, Chuong My district , Ha Tay (since 2008, it belongs to extended Hanoi ). In 1936 , he graduated from Indochina College of Fine Arts . Since 1954 , he emigrated to the South . Nguyen Gia Tri died at 22 hours 30 minutes on 20 month 6 year 1993 in Ho Chi Minh City . His name is placed instead of the name of street D2 in ward 25, Binh Thanh district . In Dong Hoi city ( Quang Binh ), there is also a street named after him in the residential area north of Tran Hung Dao, Dong Phu ward, near Cau Rao river. In Hanoi , there is also a road named after him from Quang Trung street to Ho Duc Viet street . Career He was a pioneer in converting lacquer paintings into masterpieces of art and has since been dubbed the "father of modern Vietnamese lacquer paintings". Mr. Nguyen Gia Tri is one of the most famous painters at the forefront in creating a new artistic trend for Vietnam, with elegant lines and new ideas on lacquer art . He combined engravings with new lacquer methods, while at the same time applying Western painting structural principles to create modern, national paintings. His works can be found in the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts Rural landscape , lacquer , 80x56cm, 1939 The first paintings bear many imprints of realism and European impressions : Sunset on the river , Mong Cai landscape . In the late 30s, he and Nguyen Tuong Tam , Nguyen Van Luyen , Khai Hung and Hoang Dao established Dai Viet Dan Political Party . Because of his political activities, he was exiled to Son La by the French colonial government. [first] In the 40s of the 20th century, when switching to composing specializing in lacquer materials , it created a unique style . Familiar themes are charming girls, leisurely in the romantic natural landscape. With lipstick, charcoal paint, gold, silver, eggshell, painted cockroach wing, Nguyen Gia Tri has created for the lacquer painting a splendid beauty, a mysterious depth, bringing the lacquer technique to the top, affirming The importance of this painting material in the Vietnamese art scene: Rural scene ( 1939 ), The young woman on the slime tree ( 1944 ). His paintings were collected by many French at that time, including many paintings that are almost unfinished, or sketches signed with the author's signature. After 1954 to 1975, many of his precious paintings were collected by many people, often located in luxury villas, the collection of paintings by doctor Bui Kien Tin (the cousin of poet Bui Giang ) hung in the oil company , Macphsu. on Truong Minh Giang street is one of the precious paintings. In the 1960s and 1970s , his art tended to be abstract . However, at the end of his life he returned to the dreamy romantic world of the 40s. The picture of Young Woman in the garden is presented as a colorful flower garden, in which girls are playing, running and jumping, real values ​​emanating from cubes and movements. The golden color is inlaid on the sky, on the shirts dotted with eggs, gorgeous golden streaks on each gliding path as honoring the virgin beauty. In large-sized lacquer paintings, Nguyen Gia Tri always broadens her aesthetic horizons, placing the antique next to the modern, the luxurious magnificence next to the rustic simplicity, the hopeful idea next to nostalgia ... That is also the way to treat the other side of the screen called Scenery with a strong drawing, typical eggshell arrays, tree shapes are contoured with large, wide color patches, Strong features suggest the proximity of the countryside of the regionrural North Vietnam. Screen landscape very famous Nguyen Gia Tri often called Vertical th , lacquer , 160x400cm, 1939 Nguyen Gia Tri was a caricature sharp, pseudonym Light (Right) with picturesque colonial government satirical French and feudal mandarins crowd minions newspaper arson , reported today . He is a famous graphic artist with colorful wood carvings in folk colors : Whoever bought it , Hard people do not worry about three days of Tet and generous and realistic literal illustrations. Artist Nguyen Gia Tri often makes paintings without finishing the contract, most of the customers who order paintings are South African and South American billionaires . They asked him to paint large-format paintings and did not require an art form, as he wanted. Although there used to be a period of customers being mainly foreign billionaires, officials and generals in the presidential palace, the rich and they often had to put money in advance, voluntarily waiting in order to receive the credit. However, Nguyen Gia Tri insists that he values ​​freedom over money and is willing to choose a modest life for the freedom to create art. Painting he sold measured in inches . In Vietnam, artists in the history of Modern Painting have only painter Nguyen Gia Tri selling paintings in length and always have to refuse customers' orders. His lacquer painting "North Central South Spring Garden" in Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts The painter at his time had a wish to keep three paintings: "for the next generation to study". Those are 3 large lacquer paintings saved at the National Library of Ho Chi Minh City that Tran Le Xuan bought to give Nhat Hoang, but he requested to be left in the country. In the 70s of the 20th century, Nguyen Gia Tri's finances reached thousands of golden trees . But when he closed his eyes and slid his hand, apart from a few paintings, his fortune was not significant, all were devoted to art by the artist. The works of artist Nguyen Gia Tri have been designated as Quoc Bao. Therefore, his works are not allowed to leave Vietnam.