16-year-old Nghe An boy 'on air' in American newspaper

(Baonghean.vn) - 16-year-old Nghe An boy Phan Dang Hoang was just 'on air' on Art People newspaper on September 8, one of the most famous art newspapers in the United States.

Portrait of young portrait painter from Nghe An, Phan Dang Hoang.

Phan Dang Hoang, 16 years old, is currently studying in class 11 D1, Huynh Thuc Khang High School, Vinh city, famous for his portrait paintings of Vietnamese stars, especially participating in the live show of the beautiful actress Ly Nha Ky.

Recently, Hoang's articles and works were published by Art People - a famous American art magazine. This is a newspaper that is always dedicated to the appearance of unique works of art and architectural works of the world.

Article about Hoang published in the American newspaper Art People

Hoang was introduced by a friend to promote his paintings to the world, Art People newspaper was one of the addresses where Hoang sent his products. And up to now, Phan Dang Hoang has become the first Vietnamese person to appear in this newspaper.

After Phan Dang Hoang sent emails to the newspaper twice, most recently, a representative of Art People replied to him with the content "Hi Phan, I need a Bio from you. Sorry, never mind. Igore my massage" (roughly translated "Hi Phan, we need information from you. Sorry, don't miss our message!")

Content of Facebook chat between Art People representative and Hoang

The Art People newspaper opened the article with the headline: “Phan Dang Hoang is a 16-year-old freelancer, illustrator, Vietnamese artist”.

Email reply from Editor-in-Chief of Coloredpencilmag.com Magazine to Phan Dang Hoang.

In the article, Art People continued: “He started drawing at the age of 3 and was inspired by his talented grandparents, who have made many contributions to the art of Vietnam. Beside continuing education, Phan spends almost all his spare time unleashing drawing, creativity in each stroke, each color array.” (Temporary translation: Hoang learned to draw at the age of 3. Hoang’s grandparents have made many contributions to Vietnamese fine arts (Mr. and Mrs. Hoang are members of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association).

Attached to the article are a series of paintings of Vietnamese stars drawn by Phan Dang Hoang and the address of Hoang's personal Facebook page.

Hoang's paintings are published on Art People

Also during this time, Hoang received an email reply from Sally Robertson – Editor-in-Chief of the American magazine Coloredpencilmag.com praising Hoang’s young talent. In particular, this magazine also invited Hoang to send his works to be published in the magazine in December this year.

Thien Thien