A Wax Figure Painter and Her Celebrities | Tencent
Wang He—Tencent News’ “One Day, One Life”
The subject of these pictures is Da Fen, a wax figure painter at a branch of Madame Tussauds in the city of Wuhan. Da is responsible for the daily upkeep of the museum’s 50 waxen Chinese and foreign notables. The 25-year-old is one of only about 100 such professionals in the world who have mastered both the technical skills and the artistry to carry on the 200-year-old tradition of wax painting.
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The subject of these pictures is Da Fen, a wax figure painter at a branch of Madame Tussauds in the city of Wuhan. Da is responsible for the daily upkeep of the museum’s 50 waxen Chinese and foreign notables. The 25-year-old is one of only about 100 such professionals in the world who have mastered both the technical skills and the artistry to carry on the 200-year-old tradition of wax painting.