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Cheong Soo Pieng

Cheong Soo Pieng

Singaporean, 1917
WA-00211242
China
modernism
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Cheong Soo Pieng was a Singaporean artist who was a pioneer of the Nanyang art style, and a driving force to the development of Modernism in visual art in the early 20th-century Singapore. He was also known for his signature depiction of Southeast Asian indigenous tribal people with elongated limbs and torso, almond-shaped faces and eyes in his paintings.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 2mo ago

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