LOT 52
MANSOR GHAZALI
B. Perak, 1930
Tasek di Bangi
Signed and titled “M.G Tasek di Bangi” on lower left
Watercolour on paper
29 x 30 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM 900 – RM 2,000
Mansor Ghazali evokes nostalgia with this piece. Born in Bukit Chandan in Kuala Kangsar, Mansor taught art at the Sekolah Menengah Bentara Luar in Batu Pahat until his retirement in 1986. Mansor’s passion was always art which led him to study in Brighton in the 60s. Mansor’s niche was watercolour paintings. Albeit his brief study in Brighton, his spirit remained true to his origins. He was a dying breed of al-fresco artist who would just whip out his painting pad to capture whatever scene that put a sparkle in his eyes when he was out and about, evident by his paintings of ramshackle houses, a riverside and stilt Malay houses.