Art Appreciation

Nanman Art Gallery presents Art Appreciation - Exhibition of Artworks by Renowned Artists from Singapore Malaysia and China, a showcase featuring five reputed artists from Singapore, Malaysia and China, namely Koeh Sia Yong, Tong Chin Sye, Lim Kim Hai, Wan Yibin and Xu Xianwen.

Second-generation Singaporean artists Koeh Sia Ying and Tong Chin Sye graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in its early days. They were active members of the rare art organization in Singapore, the former Singapore Equator Art Association, back in the sixties and seventies.

Malaysian artist Lim Kim Hai graduated in NAFA in early seventies and went to Paris for further undertaking of art and excelled in his art career. Lim Kim Hai is known for his high price-fetching paintings amongst Malaysia Chinese artists.

Chinese artists Wan Yibin and Xu Xianwen are art professors who graduated from famous art colleges in China whose paintings are highly sought after by museums and art collectors.