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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Object numberS1980-0762-007-0 TitleFlowers & Peacock CreatorSunyee DescriptionSunyee studied at the Xinhua Art Academy iin Shanghai and the University of Japan in Tokyo before going to France where she studied with noted French modernist, Fernand Leger. Having settled in Singapore since 1954, she established the Singapore Academy of Arts and was an active participant iin the emerging Malayan artworld. Her works have been met with exhibition successes in France and Japan but have been noticeably marginalised in Singapore art history. Her first exhibition in Singapore took place in 1954 after which she travelled extensively in Malaya, Thailand and Borneo, studying and painting local landscapes and subjects. In her art and writings, Sunyee advocated the development of localised visual idiom based in and around local subject matters. In 1963, she held and exhibition in Singapore titled 'Flowers of Nanyang' where works depicted local and regional botanical species through the medium of Chinese ink.Two peacocks stand below an arching branch by a flowing stream. The one on the left is standing on one leg on a rock with its long plumage fanned out to echo the sweep of the branches above. The other is cleaning itself by a tree trunk on the right. A touch of red above the second bird counter-balance the rhythm of the two arches. Production placeSingapore Production date 1960 - 1960 Object categoryChinese painting MaterialWatercolour & ink on cotton Dimensions H: 175 cm L: 87 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Object numberS1980-0762-007-0

TitleFlowers & Peacock

DescriptionSunyee studied at the Xinhua Art Academy iin Shanghai and the University of Japan in Tokyo before going to France where she studied with noted French modernist, Fernand Leger. Having settled in Singapore since 1954, she established the Singapore Academy of Arts and was an active participant iin the emerging Malayan artworld. Her works have been met with exhibition successes in France and Japan but have been noticeably marginalised in Singapore art history. Her first exhibition in Singapore took place in 1954 after which she travelled extensively in Malaya, Thailand and Borneo, studying and painting local landscapes and subjects. In her art and writings, Sunyee advocated the development of localised visual idiom based in and around local subject matters. In 1963, she held and exhibition in Singapore titled 'Flowers of Nanyang' where works depicted local and regional botanical species through the medium of Chinese ink.Two peacocks stand below an arching branch by a flowing stream. The one on the left is standing on one leg on a rock with its long plumage fanned out to echo the sweep of the branches above. The other is cleaning itself by a tree trunk on the right. A touch of red above the second bird counter-balance the rhythm of the two arches.

Production placeSingapore

Production date 1960 - 1960

Object categoryChinese painting

MaterialWatercolour & ink on cotton

Dimensions

H: 175 cm
L: 87 cm

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