Deng Ke 邓柯

Deng Ke (1936) is from Shanghai. Although having received no formal education he joined the Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House in 1955. In 1960, he joined the Tianjin Painting Academy and in 1980, he transfered to the Tianjin Painting Academy.

Transform seas and rivers, temper yourself, 1958

Deng is known for his comic strips and as a water colorist. He was awarded prizes and his work has been included in the collection of the China Art Gallery

Sources:
Michael Sullivan, Modern Chinese Artists -- A Biographical Dictionary (Berkeley, etc: University of California Press, 2006)
Zhongguo meishuguan (ed.), 中国美术年鉴 1949-1989 (Guilin: Guangxi meishu chubanshe, 1993) 

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