LOT 46
LEE LONG LOOI
B. Kedah, 1942
Siblings, 1975
Signed and dated “Lee Long Lui, 75”, on lower left
Batik
91.5 x 112 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM 4,500 – RM 9,000
This endearing and happy piece is filled with Lee Long Looi’s personality — the drawn-out features of the subjects, the simplicity that is the palette and the techniques and the entire piece put together is effortlessly appealing. Lee Long Looi only incorporates limited colours in this canvas, choosing instead to keep it simple but at the same time, seems to be lost in thought, quiet and demure or a slight bit wary.
Born in 1942 in Kedah, Malaysia, Lee Long Looi graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore and moved to New York to further his studies at the Art Students League and then at the Pratt Institute. He combines both elements of his Asian heritage and Western techniques in his paintings, and his works are displayed in Citibank, ABC Television, the Gulf Bank of Miami and many more.