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A Family at the Fishing Village t shirt by Do Thanh Hai

£ 29.00

Do Thanh Hai lives and works in Hanoi.  He is a graduate of the Hanoi Institute of Industrial Arts.  He signs his paintings both with his daughter's name, Lam, which means "the forest", and with his own name, Hai, which means "the sea". Do Thanh Hai was a four year old boy in 1954 when Vietnamese troops led by Ho Chi Minh and Vo Hguyen Giap surrounded and defeated French forces in the battle of Dien Bien Phu, bringing the war of independence against the French and the colony, French Indochina, to an end.  The French colony had been formed in 1887 and had encompassed the area now comprising Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. In his 60 plus years Do Thanh Hai has experienced extraordinary social upheaval and regeneration.

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