Title
Chinese Temple
Creator
Year/Period
1964
Region
Malaysia
Material
Dimension
Image size: 41.2 x 48.2 cm,
Frame size: H50.7 x W57.8 x D3.8 cm
Frame size: H50.7 x W57.8 x D3.8 cm
Accession No.
1993-01005
Collection of
Malaysian-born Chia Yu Chian (1936-1990) was the first Southeast Asian recipient of a scholarship from the French government to study in Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris (1959-1962). An active participant in the local and regional art scene in the 1950s and 1960s, Chia had exhibited extensively, regionally and internationally in France (1959) and Germany (1960), with his first solo exhibition in Malaysia (1956).Upon returning from Paris, Chia once again focused on local landscapes. ‘Chinese Temple’, executed in vibrant colours and textured strokes, depicts a temple and its grounds as well as devotees making their way there on a bright day.
