Lot 61 | 9 July 2023

 

 

LOT 61

FUNG YOW CHORK

B. China, 1918 – 2013

Pasar Tani, 1959

Oil on canvas

53 x 70 cm

Private Collection, Australia

Signed and dated on lower right

RM 12,000 – 25,000

Fung Yow Chork is considered one of the finest impressionists in the country. At the age of 13, he was taught by a teacher who had studied impressionism in Japan. He befriended Professor Chung Pak Mook of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. His solo exhibitions were held at The Art Gallery, Penang (1998), Rupa Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1983), Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur (1982), Chin Woo Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1981). He was awarded Second Prize, Merdeka Independence Trade Fair’s Art and Photographic Exhibition (1957). In this painting, the artist employed a rich palette comprising complementary colours and executed using refined strokes and impasto textures resulting in subtle tonalities.