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The visual art of Singapore, or Singaporean art, refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with Singapore throughout its history and towards the present-day. The history of Singaporean art includes the indigenous artistic traditions of the Malay Archipelago and the diverse visual practices of itinerant artists and migrants from China, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe.
Georgette Chen, Sweet Rambutans, 1965, Oil on canvas. The Nanyang style of painting, also known as Nanyang art or the Nanyang school, was a modern art movement and painting tradition initially practised by migrant Chinese painters in Singapore from the late-1940s to 1960s.
Liu Kang (Chinese: 刘抗; pinyin: Liú Kàng; 4 January 1911 – 1 June 2004) was a Singaporean artist known for his Balinese-themed figurative paintings.He was a founding member of the Singapore Art Society, and was credited with developing the Nanyang Style, an art style associated with the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1976, Tan Choh Tee made the decision to leave his career as a book designer and pursue his passion for art professionally. His extensive oeuvre includes numerous paintings that depict the nostalgic beauty of traditional Singaporean neighborhoods, including Chinatown , Trengganu Street , Jalan Besar , and Geylang.
Clang was born Ang Choon Leng (汪春龙) in Singapore. He earned his nickname while in National Service in Singapore as his badge read "C L Ang". At the age of 17, he enrolled in Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore to study fine arts but left after six months to assist the fine-art photographer Chua Soo Bin, who received the Cultural Medallion in 1988.
Lim Cheng Hoe (Chinese: 林清河; pinyin: Lín Qīng Hé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Tshing-hô) was a Singaporean watercolourist recognized as one of the key pioneer artists in Singapore, along with his peers like Cheong Soo Pieng and Chen Chong Swee.
Thiagarajan Kanaga Sabapathy (born 1938), better known as T.K. Sabapathy, is a Singaporean art historian, curator, and critic. [1] [2] Sabapathy has written, researched, documented, and supported contemporary visual art in Singapore and Malaysia for four decades. [1]
This is a list of visual artists from Singapore.These include fine artists working in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking, as well as other media associated with modern and contemporary art, such as installation art, performance art, conceptual art, photography, video art, sound art, and new media art, for instance.