Object size: 92.4 x 111 x 7.8 cm (Frame)
Born in China in 1906, Georgette Chen Li Ying received her art education in Paris, New York as well as in Shanghai. Chen’s artistic oeuvre can be divided into three phases, French Period (1927-1933); China-Hong Kong Period (1934-1948) and Penang-Singapore Period (1949-1980). Immensely inspired by her surroundings she produced still lifes, portraits and landscapes from each phase. Settling in Singapore in 1954, she taught at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts till her retirement in 1980. Regarded as a Pioneer Artist of Singapore who developed the Nanyang Style, she was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 1982. Chen passed away in 1993 in Singapore.This work presents a postcard view of a mosque situated in the capital city of Malaysia. It was during this period where Chen’s paintings evolved stylistically, resulting from her changed perspective brought upon by the bright tropical sunlight of Southeast Asia. This work is a summation of Chen's achievements in pictorial composition, colour rendition and formal organisation in her art.
