Lot 54 | 13 December 2020

 

 

LOT 54

ZHONG PAI MU

B. Perak, 1911

Penang Temple, 1930’s

Watercolour on paper

26 x 39.5 cm

Private Collection, Canada

RM 2,200 – RM 5,000

Born in 1911, Zhong Pai Mu studied at the Xin Hua Art Academy in Shanghai, before heading to Nanjing to learn from master Xu Bei Hong who returned to China at that time. He then graduated from the art academy at Central University. Upon graduation, Zhong returned to Ipoh and was later invited by Kuo Ju Ping to teach oil painting in Penang. He then moved to Singapore and taught western art at NAFA for a few years before migrating to Hong Kong. During his time in Singapore, he had also guided the painter Fung Yow Chork.