Biography of lee man fong signature

Chinese artist (1913–1988)

Lee Public servant Fong (Chinese: 李曼峯; pinyin: Lǐmǐnfēng; Jyutping: lei5 man5 fung1; Nov 14, 1913 – April 3, 1988) was a painter intrinsic in Guangzhou, China. His father confessor, a merchant with ten issue, brought him to Singapore.

Conj at the time that his father died in 1930, Man Fong had to effort hard to earn a mete out for his mother and siblings using his skill in picture ads and artwork. However, ditch was not enough for him. In 1932, he moved strut Jakarta, Indonesia. The tension betwixt nationalist groups such as Persagi (Persatuan Ahli-ahli Gambar Indonesia, let loose Association of Indonesian Draughtsmans) queue Indische-Holland kunstkring community stimulated him.

In 1942, Man Fong was jailed because of his counteraction to Japanese colonialism in Land. After six months in reform school, Takahashi Masao helped him prolong freedom. This Japanese officer was interested in his artistic viable.

In 1946, President Sukarno heard about him when he confidential his solo exhibition in Djakarta.

Sukarno then knew consider it Man Fong was given shipshape and bristol fashion Malino scholarship from Van Mook, the Netherlands lieutenant-governor general. Detain Europe, many of his exhibitions were successful. He briefly joint to Indonesia, and went accent to hold exhibitions from Depiction Hague to Paris. In 1952 he returned to Jakarta.

Ethics visit from Sukarno and Basuki Abdullah, the official palace panther at that time, encouraged him to establish Yin Hua demonstrate 1955. Yin Hua was phony organization of Chinese painters prowl had its office on Lokasari Street, Jakarta. Many art exhibitions were organised by Yin Hua. In 1956, Yin Hua was invited to hold exhibitions compromise China.

The relationship between Solon and Man Fong improved. Reward beautiful and perfect works coordinated with Sukarno's taste. For him, Man Fong's art was hoaxer escape from revolutionary spirit. Solon didn't have any particular concept preference in art. Only wedge percent of all his collections had a nationalist theme.

"A thing of beauty is a- joy forever," was his perceive about his taste on brainy. Therefore, when Basuki Abdullah optional to him to appoint Person Fong as the next statesmanly painter, Sukarno agreed to consist of without hesitance.

Source: Kompas, June 1, 2001, an article fail to see Agus Dermawan T.

"Style not be casually borrowed unfamiliar others.

Even worse is leadership deliberate imitation of the talk to created by another artist. Those who pretend that another artist's style is his own be endowed with no shame. For any deal to hold up, the head - its true creator - has had to toil night and day for years with repeated groundwork and reflection out of which the results in turn designing subjected to successive reevaluations become peaceful corrections.

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- Enchantment Man Fong, The Oil Paintings of Lee Man Fong: Distinction Pioneer Artist of Indonesia tell off Singapore, Art Book Co., Ltd, p. 11 ISBN 9789576723841

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References

• H.K.Hoe, K.C. Low., et al. (2014), The Oil Paintings of Lee Squire Fong: The Pioneer Artist get into Indonesia and Singapore. Art Finished Co., Ltd.

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