Lot 25 | 5 March 2023

 

 

LOT 25

KWAN CHIN

B. Kuala Lumpur, 1946

At the Garden, 2015

Signed and dated “Kwan Chin 2015” on lower right. Comes with Certificate signed by the artist

Batik

95 x 106 cm

Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

RM 6,000 – 12,000

Born Goh Yee, Kwan Chin was born in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. He attended NanYang Academy of Fine Art in Singapore, where he learned using traditional media including charcoal, watercolour and oils. A stint as a commercial artist in an advertising firm followed, but a brief introduction to batiks sparked his interest and he quickly turned to batik art, which he became famous for. Vividly-coloured batik paintings were his specialty, collectors all over the world tend to have a copy of Kwan Chin’s works of art, which mainly depict scenes of Malaysian life.