Lot 46 | Auction XXXII

LOT 46

LOT 46

CHEW TENG BENG, DR

B. Terengganu, 1938

Landscape, 1998

Signed and dated

“tengbengchew98” on lower right

Oil on board

20 x 25 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Penang

RM 1,800 – RM 3,500

 

Dr Chew Teng Beng is probably the most qualified artist in the country with a Ph.D.in Fine Arts from New York University. In addition to teaching art, he is also involved in research in papermaking and the aesthetics of paper art. He pioneered several new techniques (including painting on wrinkled paper) which are admired and copied by other artists.