Title
Untitled (Village Scene)
Creator
Year/Period
Undated
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Image size: 61.6 x 66.6 cm,
Frame size: 99.4 x 99.4 cm
Frame size: 99.4 x 99.4 cm
Accession No.
2003-03100
Collection of
Credit Line
Mr & Mrs Koh Seow Chuan Collection
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.Having grown up in a ‘kampong’ (village in Malay), Lim is attracted by the idyllic life of rural communities, and has produced many paintings such as this in his long artistic career.
