Junction: Circular Road and Canton Road

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.Lim is best known for his large body of works depicting the street scenes of early Singapore. Here, he creates the effects of a delineated space through the use of clean lines and blocks of translucent washes.

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