LOT 9
KHALIL IBRAHIM
B. Kelantan, 1934 – 2018
East Coast Landscape, 1999
Oil on canvas
51 x 61 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated “ Khalil Ibrahim 99” on lower right
RM 17,000 – 30,000
As a brilliant storyteller, Khalil Ibrahim used metaphor to describe his upbringing, the Malaysian East Coast, and the settings that inspired his enthusiasm. Without a doubt, Khalil’s landscape paintings were his specialty and his collectors’ favourites. This is a result of his meticulous attention to detail, artistic ability, and unwavering commitment. Before pursuing art education at the famed St. Martin’s School of Art in London, Khalil began painting landscapes when Malaysian landscape painting was at its peak. He had the talent to turn an unremarkable subject into a spectacular one where he toyed with colours and displayed his well-established precision, as seen in “East Coast Landscape, 1968”.