LOT 71
TAN CHOON GHEE
B. Penang, 1930 – 2010
Seascape, 1962
Ink on paper
55 x 35 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated “Tan 1962” on lower right
RM 3,500 – 5,000
Tan Choon Ghee is one of the most established artists in Malaysia. Born in 1930, Choon Ghee comes from Penang where he studied art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1951. He would then continue to study at the Slade School of Art in the United Kingdom in 1958 where he would eventually be awarded with scholarships from the West Germany government as well as the Australian Broadcasting Commission of Australia.