LOT 54
LYE YAU FATT
B. Kedah, 1950
Two Sisters by The River, 1984
Oil on canvas
83 x 83 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed by artist on lower left and on the verso
RM 20,000 – 35,000
Lye Yau Fatt often produced artworks that were full of the Malaysian theme and lifestyle. He was always very much influenced by his mentor, another renowned artist, Cheong Soo Pieng for his unique manner in combining colours. Using warm tones and hues, The Two Sisters by the River, depicts a story of two sisters sitting in the midst of nature and beauty under the glowing tree, by a pond of tranquillity.
Lye Yau Fatt was born in Kedah in 1950, he studied printmaking in New York. He held his first solo exhibition in 1979 at the Sum Art Gallery and has then gone on to win the Open Art Sculpture Award, the Malaysian Watercolour Society Award in 1987 and the PNB Watercolour Landscape Award.