LOT 79
RAFIEE GHANI
B. Kedah, 1962
Hidden River, 2020
Watercolour on paper
78 x 110 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed, dated and titled “Rafiee Ghani 2020 Hidden River” on lower left
RM 3,800 – 6,500
Born northwest of Malaysia in Kedah, Rafiee Ghani is one of the country’s foremost abstract expressionist painters to date. Rafiee was trained at the De Vrije Academie Voor Bildeende Kunst, the Hague, Holland in 1980 before returning to retake his Diploma in Printmaking at the Mara Institute of Technology in 1985. He then graduated with a MA (Fine Prints) at the Manchester Polytechnic, England, in 1987. It was in Europe that he gained experience and inspiration to create his personal form of art. As an avid traveller, his works revolved around his travels, scenery, and still life that depict all types of objects of everyday life including vases, stools, chairs, flowers and many more. His works speak for itself through brilliant composition, colour combination, balance of light and shadow.