Title
Chinatown
Creator
Year/Period
1982
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Image size: 99.0 x 100.0 cm,
Frame size: 105.5 x 105.5 x 4.0 cm
Frame size: 105.5 x 105.5 x 4.0 cm
Accession No.
2003-03018
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the artist and family
Born in 1923, Lim Tze Peng is largely a self-taught artist. In his oeuvre, ink paintings and calligraphic works feature prominently, although there is a small number of oils, watercolours and drawings. He created a unique style of ink painting using rich brush and tonal details, and this approach is often regarded as a manifestation of the Nanyang Style in the ink medium. Lim, a school principal until his retirement in the early 1980s, was awarded the Cultural Medallion by the Singapore government in 2003.
