Lot 20 | Auction XXXVII

 

 

LOT 20

LONG THIEN SHIH

B. Selangor, 1946

Fishes on the Rack, 1962

Signed and dated “ThienShih62” on lower left

Oil on masonite board

43 x 56 cm

Provenance Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

RM 4,800 – RM 9,000

 

Long Thien Shih studied art in Atelier 17 and Atelier de Lithographic, Ecole Nationale Superlure des Beaux- Arts, both in Paris. Thereafter, he studied at the Royal College of Art in London. He has won awards such as the First Prize in the 1961 Young Malayan Artists Competition in Kuala Lumpur and the 1992 Prints Prize in Salon Malaysia and has produced may artworks, using various mediums.