Chen Chong Swee : strokes of life : the art of Chen Chong Swee = 生机出笔端 : 陈宗瑞艺术特展 / editors, Low Sze Wee, Cai Heng.

Author(s): Low, Sze Wee | Cai, Heng | Chen, Chong Swee, 1910-1985 | Cai, Heng | Low, Sze Wee

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Main Title
Chen Chong Swee : strokes of life : the art of Chen Chong Swee = 生机出笔端 : 陈宗瑞艺术特展 / editors, Low Sze Wee, Cai Heng.
Author(s)
Chen, Chong Swee, 1910-1985
Low, Sze Wee
Cai, Heng
Collation
211 p. :
31 cm.
Variant Title
strokes of life : the art of Chen Chong Swee = 生机出笔端 : 陈宗瑞艺术特展 /
ISBN
9789811123733
Dewey Class
759.95957
Contents
Foreword / Eugene Tan -- Message from the Artist's Family / Family of Chen Chong Swee -- Chen Chong Swee: His Thoughts / Kwok Kian Chow -- Strokes of Life: The Art of Chen Chong Swee / Grace Tng -- Discursive Reflections - Explicating the Pre-War Artworks of Chen Chong Swee and the Definitions of Nanyang Art / Yeo Mang Thong, Foo Kwee Horng -- Plates. Building the Foundation ; Embracing the Local Landscape ; The Travelling Painter -- Seals -- Biographical Timeline -- Acknowledgements.
Subject
Artists -- Singapore -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Singaporean -- Exhibitions.
BRN
7553

Notes

  • Text in English and Chinese.
  • Published in conjunction with Strokes of Life: the Art of Chen Chong Swee, an exhibition organised by National Gallery Singapore.
  • Text by Kwok Kian Chow, Grace Tng, Yao Mengtong (Yeo Mang Thong), Foo Kwee Horng, and Chen Chong Swee's family.

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