LOT 83
TEW NAI TONG
B. Selangor, 1936 – 2013
Untitled, 1986
Watercolour on paper
36 x 26 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated “Nai Tong ‘86” on lower left
RM 1,200 – 2,500
Tew Nai Tong was born in 1936 and studied art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore (NAFA). He graduated in 1958 before furthering his studies at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. Among the awards he received were the Second Prize in the Chartered Bank Mural Design Competition, the Shell Watercolour Award, Best Award from Esso, the Dunlop Watercolour Award and the Grand Prize Asia Art Award (Malaysia) in Seoul. He was also the co-founder of the Malaysian Watercolour Society and the Contemporary Malaysian Watercolourist Association.