LOT 9
RAPHAEL SCOTT AHBENG
B. Sarawak, 1939 – 2019
Breeze, 2012
Oil on board
23 x 30.5 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed, dated, and titled “RSA 10 Breeze” on lower right
RM 2,800 – 5,500
Always the storyteller of nature and landscapes, Raphael Scott Ahbeng had a great affinity for these subjects and translated this on canvas. In classic AhBeng style, he expressed his love for the solitary environments using a spectacle of colours and strokes, resulting in a stunning painting. In this piece, AhBeng depicted his true spirit and adoration for nature where blue skies make the background while trees are illustrated at the apex of a hill, untouched and pristine. The artist injecting bits and pieces of his personality with bright streaks and splashes of alluring tones.
He was born in Bau in 1939 and was one of Malaysia’s most renowned abstract artists. Raphael Scott Ahbeng studied at the Bath Academy of Art in the UK and was known for his large canvases of overlapping light coloured mountains which exudes an airy feel. Raphael was once a teacher, cartoonist and a radio producer before becoming a full time painter.