LOT 47
ERIC QUAH
B. Perak, 1946
Panorama #02, Panorama #05, Panorama #08 (Padi Fields Series), 2007
Oil on canvas
31 x 31 cm (3 Artworks)
Private Collection, Australia
Signed “Eric Quah” on lower right. Illustrated on pages 46 of the ‘Padi Fields’ exhibition catalogue, published by The Gallery@Star Hill, December 2007
RM 7,500 – 12,500
Born in Perak in 1946, Eric Quah is a pioneering Malaysian modernist whose works reflect a deep engagement with heritage, identity, and displacement. The Padi Fields series was exhibited at The Gallery @ Starhill and published in an accompanying exhibition catalogue, marking a significant chapter in the artist’s career. Eric Quah’s body of works (Panorama) from his acclaimed Padi Fields series, is a sweeping, abstract meditation on the rural Malaysian landscape. Painted in oil on canvas, the works captures the rhythm, expanse, and quiet dignity of the padi fields through bold gestures, layered textures, and a contemplative palette. Quah’s abstraction transcends literal representation, offering instead an emotional and symbolic reading of place, memory, and cultural continuity.