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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	[es-ES]Details[es-ES] Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Número del objetoS1957-0023-001-0 TítuloSingapore River CreadorLim Cheng Hoe DescripciónAlthough Lim Cheng Hoe's oeuvre includes portraits and figure drawings, he is particularly noted for his plein-air paintings of Singapore seafronts and riverine scenes to which he imbued the luminosity of light and colour of tropics. In this 1959 painting of the river, he is sitting at this favourite painting spot along the Singapore River, a spot that grants him a commanding view of the OCBC Buidling across the bank. He brings an impressionistic touch to the scene and captures the river in its heyday as the busy heart of commerce in Singapore of the 1950s. Lim Cheng Hoe's Singapore River is presented in this exhibition in contrast to W.M.Clyde's work of the same subject matter to raise a broad question about how a locale is depicted in paintings and how it shapes viewers' understanding of place.The OCBC Building stands magestically above the clutter of shophouses cum homes cum warehouses. It is a bright sunny and the tide is in on Singapore River, Tongkangs are moored along its bank. A motorised bumboat is heading upstream. The painting is carried out in muted tones. This was Lim Cheng Hoe's favourite spot. He had painted the OCBC Building many times under different weather conditions. Lugar de producciónSingapore Fecha 1955 - 1955 Nombre del objetoPainting MaterialInk & Watercolor on Paper Dimensiones H: 33.5 cm L: 45.5 cm H: 49.8 cm L: 59.5 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Número del objetoS1957-0023-001-0

TítuloSingapore River

DescripciónAlthough Lim Cheng Hoe's oeuvre includes portraits and figure drawings, he is particularly noted for his plein-air paintings of Singapore seafronts and riverine scenes to which he imbued the luminosity of light and colour of tropics. In this 1959 painting of the river, he is sitting at this favourite painting spot along the Singapore River, a spot that grants him a commanding view of the OCBC Buidling across the bank. He brings an impressionistic touch to the scene and captures the river in its heyday as the busy heart of commerce in Singapore of the 1950s. Lim Cheng Hoe's Singapore River is presented in this exhibition in contrast to W.M.Clyde's work of the same subject matter to raise a broad question about how a locale is depicted in paintings and how it shapes viewers' understanding of place.The OCBC Building stands magestically above the clutter of shophouses cum homes cum warehouses. It is a bright sunny and the tide is in on Singapore River, Tongkangs are moored along its bank. A motorised bumboat is heading upstream. The painting is carried out in muted tones. This was Lim Cheng Hoe's favourite spot. He had painted the OCBC Building many times under different weather conditions.

Lugar de producciónSingapore

Fecha 1955 - 1955

Nombre del objetoPainting

MaterialInk & Watercolor on Paper

Dimensiones

H: 33.5 cm
L: 45.5 cm
H: 49.8 cm
L: 59.5 cm