Eating on Banana Leaves

Title
Eating on Banana Leaves
Creator
Chua Mia Tee
Year/Period
1979
Region
Singapore
Material
Oil on canvas
Dimension
Image size: Image : H 69 x 81.5 cm 69 x 81.5 cm,
Frame size: Frame : H 81 x 93.8 cm 81 x 93.8 cm
Accession No.
2004-00553
Collection of
National Gallery Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of Times Publishing Limited

Born in 1931 in China, Chua Mia Tee migrated to Singapore in 1937. A graduate from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1957, Chua is a highly regarded master of portrait painting. Chua has painted portraitures of prominent public figures, including presidents and prime ministers of Singapore. Besides portraitures, Chua also paints nationalistic and local scenes of Singapore, which serve as historical documentations of the nation’s changing landscape.