A picture of a picture: In 1956, Huang Yao had his first exhibition that was officiated by Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, then Malaysia¿s Education Minister, who had invited Huang Yao to work on the nation¿s ¿Adult Education Programme¿. Works of Modern Chinese painter and scholar Huang Yao called 'The Remarkable Guest of Malaya' exhibition qt National Visual Arts Gallery, on 10 September 2013. AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star
HUANG Yao, born in 1917, was a famous painter, cartoonist and scholar from China. As a journalist, he shot to fame when he started drawing cartoons for the newspaper.
Niubizi, which literally means ox’s nose, was a cartoon character loved by many in China as it was not just funny but admirable and encouraging during troubled times in China.
