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About Phan Kế An
- Phan K? An (20 March 1923 – 21 January 2018), also known as Phan Kích, was a Vietnamese painter.
- He is the son of Phan K? To?i (1892–1973) a senior mandarin and former vice prime minister of North Vietnam. He studied at Bu?i school with famous teachers such as Lê Th? L?u, Tô Ng?c Vân, and Nguy?n Tu?ng Lân. He enrolled into the École des Beaux Arts de l'Indochine in 1944, but then joined the Vi?t Minh guerillas before graduating.
- In November 1948 he spent 3 weeks with H? Chí Minh and his advisors producing 20 portraits.He was asked by General Secretary Tru?ng Chinh to join S? th?t newspaper (the predecessor of Nhân Dân newspaper), where he was completely free to cover any topic he wanted, which was very rare at the time.
- He contributed by drawing political cartoons, aiming mostly at French and American imperialism and also at Ngô Ðình Di?m (even before his rise to power).
- He continued painting throughout the Vietnam War to criticize the American bombing of Hanoi.
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