117 CHEN WEN HSI (Guangdong, China, 1906) Squirrels Coloured ink on rice paper: 67 x 43 cm Signed and sealed, upper right Provenance: Private Collection SGD 18,000 - 25,000 USD 13,140 - 18, 250
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Born in Baigong, Caozhu, 1906. He studied art at the Hsin Hwa Art Academy in Shanghai. He became a lecturer at the Nangyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. His paintings were strongly influenced by Chan (Zen) and the unorthodox Qing School of Yangzhou. He actively participated in several exhibitions outside Singapore which also incidentally promote Singapore. He was awarded the Public Service Star from the President Tun Yusof Bin Ishak and received honorary doctorate from the National University of Singapore. He became famous since his oil study on formalism, cubism, and expressive abstraction.