Lot 59
MOHAMED ZAIN IDRIS
B. Terengganu, 1939 – 2000
Untitled, Circa 1970s
Signed “M.ZAIN” on lower left
Oil on cardboard
38 x 58 cm
Provenance Private Collection, Canada
RM 1,500 – RM 3,500
Mohamed Zain was a self-taught artist with the greatest admiration for the village life, and he highly cherished it. He was touted as the “Fisherman’s Artist” by Frank Sullivan, during his first solo at the Samat Art Gallery in 1972 and was known for depicting landscape of the seaside and fishermen villages. Kampungs are the panoramas of the charming scenes of nature. There is a simplistic and divine beauty about these sceneries and artist Mohamed Zain captures it brilliantly in this piece. All in all, this piece is filled with romanticism and dazzling execution.