Masterpieces of Ink and Calligraphy Exhibition

Synopsis

Visual Arts Centre will be hosting an exhibition of ink and wash works by four of Singapore’s national treasures – Ling Cher Eng, Phua Cheng Pue, Fan Chang Tien and Liu Kang – from October 5 to October 11, 2023,. The exhibition will run for seven days from October 5 to October 11, featuring the early ink works of the four painters during their lifetime, including calligraphy, birds and flowers, landscapes and figures. A total of more than 60 posthumous works of the painters. The exhibition is well supported by the painters’ families, who have come up with works they have treasured for many years, giving us the opportunity to display the painters’ posthumous works to the public for a visit, so that art lovers will have the opportunity to appreciate the authenticity of these late painters, learn from the artists, and appreciate the excellent works of these four late painters’ painters at the same time as we all join together to remember these late painters and commemorate the contributions that they have made to the arts in Singapore. We will learn from the painting techniques and styles of our predecessors, and pass on the Chinese tradition of ink painting to the next generation.

Event Details

FREE Public Admission

Date & Time: 5 Oct 2023 – 11 Oct 2023, 11am to 8pm Daily

5 Oct 2023, 7pm (Exhibition Opening [RSVP])

Venue: Visual Arts Centre Dhoby Ghaut Exhibition Gallery 

Ling Cher Eng’s Artworks Available – Plum Blossoms, Birds and Flowers, Landscape, and Portraits –

Ling Cher Eng

Tropical Paradise In Xishuangbanna

Ink and colour on paper

73 x 33cm

$6,800

Ling Cher Eng

Kampung Village

Ink and colour on paper

69 x 40cm

$9,800

 

Ling Cher Eng

Resilience & Rigour (1978)

Ink and colour on paper

71 x 68cm

$7,800

Phua Cheng Phue (1934 – 2004) graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and is proficient in oils, watercolours, Chinese finger-painting, as well as Chinese ink and brush painting. Learning directly after the first generation artist Cheong Soo Pieng, Phua was also influenced by Cheong in his fondness for depicting portraits of Balinese ladies going about various activities.

He has received several awards including the National Day Excellence Award in 1976 and the Dr Tan Tsze Chor Award in 1988. Phua’s artworks are collected by corporations and museums.

Phua Cheng Phue
Resting underneath the tree
Ink and colour on paper
70 x 70cm
$12,800

Phua Cheng Phue
Balinese ladies and fruits
Ink and colour on paper
83 x 51cm

Fan Chang Tien (1907 – 1987), is one of Singapore’s most important and influential pioneer artists. He has contributed greatly to the development of ink painting in Singapore and taught a generation of artists such as Ling Cher Eng, Tan Oe Pang, Chua Ek Kay, amongst others. Fan is known for his elegant yet powerful literati art style, and many of his paintings are accompanied by his writing of poetry, which he composes based on the mood and ambience. 

Fan Chang Tien
Bamboo
Ink on paper
33 x 33cm
$4,800

Fan Chang Tien
Mynahs Feeding
Ink on paper
33 x 33cm
$4,800

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