Calligraphy (Mountain and Rain) 书法（山雨）

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.A well-respected calligrapher, Lim exhibits his mastery of the cursive script (known as ‘caoshu’), one of the more expressive scripts in Chinese calligraphy.

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