LOT 75
KHALIL IBRAHIM
B. Kelantan, 1934 – 2018
Berserah Series, 1996
Watercolour on paper
26 x 36 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated “Khalil Ibrahim 96” on lower right
RM 6,000 – 10,000
Khalil Ibrahim (born 1934) is a Malaysian artist. He works with drawing, watercolour, and acrylic. His styles ranges from realist to abstract. Ibrahim’s artistic career has spanned over 50 years. He has exhibited his work in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Switzerland, and participated in group exhibitions in many other countries. Ibrahim earned a National Design Diploma, and later attended the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, England. He was Vice Chairman of Malaysian Watercolour Organisation from 2002 to 2003. Khalil’s rich Malay cultural background in the East Coast and the discipline of Islamic values that he learnt at the Pondok school shaped his primordial artistic journey. These values stuck by him which then merged with the freedom of expression that he encountered later through his formal art education at St. Martins in London. Khalil is well known for his amazing watercolour paintings, delicate batik works and intriguing acrylics.