sentences:  Works painted by Nam Son, Tran Van Can, Nguyen Sang, Tran Dong Luon were in fact in the medium Lacquer, silk and oil medium.The 3 media, encouraged and culturally transferred by the French during colonial period were renamed as “national”.In Tran Van Can’s Portrait painting “"Militia women of a costal region"”, the artist depicted a robust figure and confronting gaze, she is a comrade ready to face the enemy.