LOT 91
CHEONG SOO PIENG
B. China, 1917 – 1983
Boats, 1961
Ink and colour on paper
94 x 46 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM 90,000 – RM 170,000
Cheong Soo Pieng was born on the 1st of July, 1917 in Amoy, China. He enrolled at the Xiamen Academy of Fine Arts, a private art school whose principal, Lin Ke Gong, focused on both traditional Chinese ink painting and Western painting. This, in turn, influenced Soo Pieng’s work.
The artist was well-known for fusing two techniques – the traditional Chinese ink painting and the Western oil painting such as Fauvism (garishly expressionistic and non-naturalistic colours) and Cubism (geometric shapes, interlocking planes), which gave birth to the Nanyang art style.