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Georgette Chen, Self Portrait, c. 1946, Oil on canvas, Collection of National Gallery Singapore Georgette Liying Chendana Chen [a] (born Chang Li Ying; 23 October 1906 – 15 March 1993), commonly known as Georgette Chen, was a Singaporean painter and one of the pioneers of modern Singaporean art as well as the Nanyang style of art in the region.
The National Gallery Singapore, often known exonymously as the National Gallery, is a public institution and national museum dedicated to art and culture located in the Civic District of Singapore. It oversees the world's largest public collection of Singaporean and regional art of the Eastern world , specifically of Southeast Asia , with a ...
Kim Lim, Column, 1971–72, Stainless steel, 5 parts, each 21.7 x 27 x 51 cm, Collection of National Gallery Singapore In the 1960s and 1970s her sculptures were mainly carved from wood, using forms inspired by basic rhythmic forms and structures, with each element forming a balanced whole.
Chua Mia Tee, National Language Class, 1959, Oil on canvas, 112 x 153 cm, Installation view at National Gallery Singapore Chua Mia Tee (Chinese: 蔡名智; pinyin: Cài Míngzhì; [1] born 25 November 1931) is a Chinese-born Singaporean artist known for his social realist oil paintings capturing the social and political conditions of Singapore and Malaya in the 1950s and 60s.
A retrospective solo exhibition of Chen's work was held in 2014 at NAFA's Lim Hak Tai gallery in Singapore, featuring her prints, oil paintings, and works on paper. [1] In 2015, Chen's work was also featured at the inaugural long-term exhibition by the National Gallery Singapore, Siapa Nama Kamu: Art in Singapore since the 19th Century. [1]
The Singapore Women's Hall of Fame is a virtual hall of fame that honors and documents the lives of historically significant women in Singapore. The hall is the creation of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO), and grew out of an earlier nine-member wall of fame that the organization created in 2005. [1] [2]
Later in the same year, Oon and her children opened National Kitchen by Violet Oon at National Gallery Singapore in the National Gallery Singapore. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] From 2017 to 2019, Oon and her children opened three more restaurants in Clarke Quay , ION Orchard , and Jewel Changi Airport which focus on Peranakan as well as British - Hainanese ...
Donna Ong (Chinese: 王美清; pinyin: Wáng Měi Qīng; born 30 July 1978) is a Singaporean artist. She is known for her installation works, which often feature environments created with assemblages, found objects, and sculpture. [1]