
LOT 47
TAI SUK KIAN
B. Melaka, 1968
Innocence & Company, 1993
Signed and dated “93 Tai Suk Hian” on lower edge Signed and dated “Suk Hian 1993” on lower edge
Oil on canvas
78 x 71
45 x 40 cm
Provenance Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM2,500 – RM5,000
Tai Suk Hian was born in Malaysia and studied fine art at the College of Art & Design in Chelsea. Her subject matter and style are influenced by the place where she was born, Melaka. It is a colonial melting pot in which Portuguese, Chinese, Indian, Baba-Nyonya and Malay cultural strands intertwine, creating an intensely rich and colourful background. The colour she uses and the scenes she portrays are all derived from the way she lived and the surroundings she was brought up in as a child.