Lot 37 | 29 May 2022

 

 

LOT 37

WONG JONG NONG

B. Singapore, 1944

River Side, 1990

Signed and dated “Nong 90” on lower right

Acrylic on canvas

71 x 91 cm

Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

RM2,800 – RM 3,500

Wong Jong Nong relishes in the alfresco painting of rural and hilly landscapes, coastal areas and riverine scenes. Most of his oil paintings depict the beautiful and idyllic scenes that are slowly disappearing to make way for development. Once he selected his “angle” to anchor his composition, he would paint the scene according to part-reportage and part-interpretation, with an eye to the aesthetic elements as his Fine Art training at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in Singapore (graduating in 1964) had prepared him to do.