16-year-old Nghe An boy 'on air' in American newspaper
(Baonghean.vn) - 16-year-old Nghe An boy Phan Dang Hoang was just featured in Art People newspaper on September 8, one of the most famous art newspapers in the United States.
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Portrait of young portrait painter from Nghe An, Phan Dang Hoang. |
Phan Dang Hoang, 16 years old, is currently studying in grade 11 D1, Huynh Thuc Khang High School, Vinh city, famous for his portrait paintings of Vietnamese stars, especially participating in the live show of beautiful actress Ly Nha Ky.
Recently, Hoang’s articles and works were published by Art People – a famous American art magazine. This is a magazine that always features the world’s unique works of art and architecture.
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Content written 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!")
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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”.
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Email reply from Editor-in-Chief of Coloredpencilmag.com Magazine sent to Phan Dang Hoang. |
In the article, Art People continued: “He started drawing at age 3 and 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 to unleash drawing, creativity in each stroke, each color array.” (Temporary translation: Hoang learned to draw at age 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 attached is the address of Hoang's personal Facebook page.
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Hoang's paintings are published on Art People |
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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