TONG, CHIN SYE (1939 - )

“Chinatown, Singapore” (c.1980)
Watercolour
cm
Signed lower left
*private collection, Melbourne
 
Tong is a renowned, award-winning Singaporean Contemporary Painter. He graduated from the now defunct Singapore Academy of Fine Arts in 1960. He has taught Western Art on a part-time basis at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. A representative 2nd generation artist, he is well known for his versatility and has trained in both Western and Chinese art, oils, watercolour, acrylic, Chinese ink and calligraphy. In 1987, Tong won first prize in the PSA Art Competition held in Singapore. He also won the Tan Tsze Chor Art Award in 1992. He was invited in 1998 to represent Singapore at the Flemish Watercolour Days in Zaventum, Europe. He has held solo and group exhibitions both locally and abroad.