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.