Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

168 320 ATTRIBUTED TO CHEONG SOO PIENG (CHINA AND SINGAPORE, 1917-1983) ALSO KNOWN AS ZHONG SIBIN 钟 泗滨 Kelong scene: fishermen and villagers by the river 1964 Ink and colors on paper Signed on the lower left in Chinese Mandarin as well as with a red seal Signed and dated in western alphabet on the lower right corner: ‘Soo Pieng 64’ Framed with a glass Dimensions (the sole painting): 94,3 x 45,3 cm Notes: 1. Cheong Soo Pieng was born in Xiamen, Fujian, China in 1917. In 1935, he graduated from Xiamen Academy of Fine Arts. In 1936, he moved to Shanghai to study at Sin Hwa Academy of Fine Arts. In 1946, he moved to Singapore and taught art at Nanyang Acad- emy of Fine Arts and Chinese High School. As one of the most significant of overseas Chinese artists active in the 20th century, Cheong Soo Pieng was a ceaseless innovator, never settling for an established style. He is famous for a wide-ranging repertoire of art styles and series, various mediums and invented a wide array of unique methods and expressions and for his signature depic- tion of Southeast Asian indigenous tribal people with elongated limbs and torso, almond-shaped faces and eyes in his paintings.. He is best known as the pioneer of the Nanyang Art Style and a driving force to the development of Modernism in visual art in the early 20th-century Singapore. 2. Compare with a related painting sold at SOTHEBY’S Hong Kong, China, 2014-10-06, lot 314, for €36,050. 画作 - 钟泗滨 （中国及新加坡， 1917-1983 ） € 20,000 - 40,000 + ⒸDR