LOT 58
LEE WENG FATT
B. Kuala Lumpur, 1967
Kampong House Series – Bagan Serai I, 2003
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 92 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated “Lee Weng Fatt ‘03” on lower left
RM 5,000 – 9,000
Lee Weng Fatt’s work lies mainly in ‘preserving’ heritage buildings by capturing their timeless beauty and allure through his canvas. He started out as a watercolourist and in 1995 decided to try oils and has since mastered the medium. This work however, is acrylic on canvas, his brilliant attempt at a varying medium. The primary subject which has made him famous and highly sought after are old heritage buildings in various locations around Malaysia, particularly in Melaka, Penang and KL. As more of these buildings are forced to give way in the name of progress, the artist feels an obligation to preserve and document them in the way he knows best by immortalising them through oil or in this instance, acrylic on canvas paintings. For him, returning time and time again to these old edifices is akin to journeying back to his roots.