Letter from Georgette Chen to Pauline Chen and Chen Fah-Shin, 20 March 1955
Collection Details
- Reference Code
- RC-SG09-GC.01.08-0028
- Level of Description
- Item
- Title
- Letter from Georgette Chen to Pauline Chen and Chen Fah-Shin, 20 March 1955
- Creator(s)
- Chen, Georgette
- Dates
- 1955‐03‐20 (Date of Creation)
- Scope and Content
- In her letter to friends Pauline Chen and Chen Fah-Shin, Georgette Chen mentions that she has painted two new paintings for the upcoming British Council Malayan artists exhibition. She also shares that she was visited by Mrs. Fung, the pianist, and her Dutch student who commissioned a portrait of Mrs. Fung and showed interest in several other pieces of her work. Georgette mentions lunching with Mrs. Lee Seng Gee and knowing all the 13 sons of Eu Tong Sen. She asks Pauline to write to Lee Rubber Co. about a project and mentions that Mrs. Lee would also bring it up to her husband.
- Languages
- English
- General Material Type
- correspondence
- Extent
- 1 page
- Material Format
- RCA-DP (Digital and Physical Archives)
- People and organisations as subjects
- Chen, Georgette
- Chen, Pauline
- Chen, Fah-Shin
- Ho, Seng Ong
- Lee, Seng Gee
- Chen-Courtin, Dorothy
- British Council (Singapore)
- Source of Acquisition or Transfer
- The archive was donated by Lee Foundation to National Gallery Singapore Resource Centre
- Conditions Governing Access
- Restricted
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