LOT 60
CHUAH SEOW KENG
B. Kelantan, 1945
Feeding Cockerel, 1990’s
Batik
89.5 x 45 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed “S.Keng” on lower right. Illustrated on page 41 of the Echoes of The Past Exhibition in KLAS Mini Coffeetable book for the exhibition held from November 30, 2021 till January 3, 2022
RM 2,500 – 5,000
Known as one of Malaysia’s leading artists, Chuah Seow Keng is popular for his batik and watercolour paintings. Born in 1945 in Kelantan, Malaysia, Seow Keng now makes his home in Penang. In 1968 he was awarded a scholarship to study at the Suddeutsche Kunststoff-Zentrum in Wurzburg, Germany. Seow Keng was exposed to the art of batik painting by his father, the renowned artist Chuah Thean Teng, who pioneered batik painting as a fine art form. In this painting, Seow Keng displays his skills in batik as splashes of bright red colour form a veil against three ladies and two cockerels.