LOT 37
ENG TAY
B. Kedah, 1947
By Silvery Moonlight I, 1994
Collage and oil on canvas
76 x 92 cm
Private Collection, Singapore
Signed by artist and dated ‘94 on lower left
RM 25,000 – 38,000
Eng Tay was born in 1947 in Kedah, West Malaysia. In 1968, he moved to New York City and studied at the Arts Student League, School of Visual Arts and Pratt Graphics Center. Here he studied graphic design, painting and printmaking. Prior to embarking on many painting travels in South America and Indonesia in 1978, he was employed in the graphic arts industry. These trips formed a basis for the types of scenes and moments that became his subject matter – images of people playing music, family moments and interactions, market scenes and daily rituals.