LOT 30
TONG CHIN SYE
B. China, 1939
Market in Boat Quay, Singapore
Signed Tong on lower right
Watercolour on paper
37 x 51 cm
Private Collection, USA
RM 10,000 – 18,000
Born in Singapore, Tong Chin Sye is a renowned multi-media artist trained in both Western and Chinese art. His dynamic oeuvre includes watercolour, oil, Chinese ink and mixed media paintings. Chin Sye was previously a part-time lecturer in Western Art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and has participated in numerous local and overseas exhibitions over the years. He clinched the first prize in the Port of Singapore Authority Open Art Competition in 1987 and represented Singapore at the Flemish Watercolour Days held at Zaventen, Belgium in 1988.