LOT 76
CHIA YU CHIAN
B. Johor, 1936 – 1991
Good Morning – Notre Dame Cathedral, 1959
Oil on canvas
43 x 50 cm
Private Collection, Penang
Signed and dated “Yu Chian 1959” on lower right
RM 18,000 – 32,000
Born in Johor in 1936, Chia Yu Chian studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore and graduated in 1958. He was known for being the first artist from the Straits Settlement to receive a French Government scholarship at Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris and was commissioned by the Malaysian High Commission in Paris to paint a mural painting called Life in Malaysia. He received a Honourable Mention by the Salon des Independent and Societe des Artistes Francaise.