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I did the watercolours right there at the battle. I used a plume rehaussée d'aquarelle . The idea was not to hang around too long in one place. So I would usually add the pen later on. When I traveled around the country and there was no fierce fighting, I had more time to sketch carefully. I traveled
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Drawing Under Enemy Fire: War diary of a young Vietnamese artist
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Drawing Under Enemy Fire: War diary of a young Vietnamese artist
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Phạm Thanh Tâm was born in Vĩnh Hảo, Vinh Lại, Vụ Bản district,
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Mekong Diaries: Vietcong Drawings & Stories 1964–1975
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720:"Painter Phạm Thanh Tâm: Retelling history with painting"
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Vietnam Behind the Lines, Images from the War: 1965–1975
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Phạm Thanh Tâm died in Ho Chi Minh City on 30 May 2019.
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1192:. Hanoi: Vietnam Military History Museum.
946:"Artist-soldier Pham Thanh Tam has Left"
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1294:. Penang, Malaysia: Witness Collection.
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