Lot 9 | Auction XXXVI

 

 

 

LOT 9

CHUAH SIEW TENG

B. Penang, 1962

The Moon in the Palm Trees

Signed “S.Teng” on lower middle

Batik

90 x 60 cm

Provenance Private Collection, USA

Siew Teng expressed a great interest in batik art at a very early age and was exposed to this art medium by the master of batik art, his father, Dato’Chuah Thean Teng. In 1961, 1962 and 1963, Siew Teng was the winner of the “Art Prize” in the open art competition held in North Malaysia. In 1964 he won the “Certificate of Merit” at the National Art Competition with his painting entitled “Joy of Living”. The following year he was awarded a prize at the Malaysia Artist Competition for his painting “Outdoor”.