Chinatown Temple Street

Title
Chinatown Temple Street
Creator
Year/Period
2008
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 122 x 152.5 cm,
Frame size: H139 x W169 x D6 cm
Accession No.
2009-02259
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr Aw Tee Hong

Born in 1932 in Hainan, China, Aw Tee Hong grew up in Malaysia before settling in Singapore. A graduate from Singapore’s Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1954 and the Beijing Central Academy of Arts & Design in 1958, Aw has held over 21 solo art exhibitions around the world since the early 1970s. A second generation Nanyang artist with a great passion for nature, Aw is conversant in oil painting, Chinese ink, watercolour, mural painting and sculpture.