My friendship with Singapore's greatest painter
By: by Ch'ng Poh Tiong
Publisher: Zhuang Productions
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Singapore]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9789810952488
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Artists; Biography; Singaporean Art
Description: My Friendship with Singapore's Greatest Painter is the first English biography of Tan Swie Hian, who holds the record (at US$3.3 million) for the highest price for a painting by a living South-East Asian artist. Chinese art cognoscenti regard the Singaporean in the great tradition of scholar literati such as Tang Dynasty Wang Wei, Song Dynasty Su Shi and Yuan Dynasty Zhao Mengfu, men steeped in philosophy and incredibly talented in painting, calligraphy and poetry. -- Website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English.