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9. The Landscape and Figure Paintings of Fan Chang Tien
During Singapore Art Week 2024, artcommune proudly presents a fresh exhibition spotlighting the landscape and figure paintings of Singapore’s pioneering artist, Fan Chang Tien (1907, Jieyang, China – 1987, Singapore). Since relocating to Singapore in 1957, Fan devoted a significant portion of his life to art, nurturing a new generation of local ink artists. Noteworthy among his students are Nai Swee Leng, Lim Kay Hiong, Tan Oe Pang, Henri Chen Kezhan, Lim Cher Eng, and Chua Ek Kay.
Fan Chang Tien is most famed for his paintings of Orchid and Bamboo. During his lifetime, he was lauded as the ‘king of Bamboo’ in the Chinese art circle. Yet Fan was also a well-rounded Shanghai school artist who sought to express himself through a diverse range of subject matters. Acting as a bridge between the haipai tradition in China and the burgeoning art scene in Singapore, Fan played a crucial role in offering Singaporean artists an alternative approach to modernist ink expression during the early stages of Singapore’s art movement. Featuring 16 ink works mainly completed between the 1960s and 1980s, the exhibition sheds light on Fan’s cultivation of an authentic literati spirit through his artistic practice and mentorship within the Nanyang context.
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