LOT 70
LEE WENG FATT
B. Kuala Lumpur, 1967
Untitled, 2007
Signed and dated “LENGWENGFATT07” on lower left
Acrylic on canvas
76 x 61 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
SOLD RM 3,696
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 on canvas paintings. For him, returning time and time again to these old edifices is akin to journeying back to his roots.