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26 maj 2023 · Fatimah Chik, a celebrated Malaysian artist, educator and mentor, who enjoyed a long career that bridged the worlds of fine art and fashion design, died of a heart condition today (May 26) at the ...
- Prominent Malaysian painter and batik artist Khalil Ibrahim dies
Khalil Ibrahim, a prominent Malaysian artist known for his...
- Pioneer artist Cheong Laitong, best known for Muzium Negara mural, dies ...
Cheong Laitong, a pioneering artist who introduced a new...
- Prominent Malaysian painter and batik artist Khalil Ibrahim dies
Dato' Chuah Thean Teng (Chinese: 蔡天定; pinyin: Cài Tiāndìng; Jyutping: Coi3 Tin1 Ding6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Thian-tēng; 1914 – 25 November 2008), also known as Cai Tianding, was a Malaysian artist who is credited with the development of batik as a painting technique.
His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions in Manchester, Hull, and the Midlands. After he returned to Malaysia, Malek set up a batik factory in Kuantan. He continued to practice as one of the country’s finest batik artists until his untimely death in 1982.
16 maj 2018 · Khalil Ibrahim, a prominent Malaysian artist known for his batik paintings, landscapes, portraits, and abstracts that explored a deeply authentic Malaysian identity and vision, has died. He was 84.
8 lis 2022 · Cheong Laitong, a pioneering artist who introduced a new modern aesthetic to post-independence Malaysian art, has died. He was 90. The news was confirmed by a family member, who revealed that Laitong (as he was more popularly known) died in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 4.
Chuah Thean Teng is recognised as a pioneer of Malaysian batik painting. Teng’s experiments transformed batik, previously confined to being worn as sarong and kebaya, into a fine art medium that is displayed on the wall.
15 paź 2021 · Sarkasi used batik techniques in groundbreaking new ways to create contemporary art. He made works in watercolour, for example, as well as huge abstract canvases with batik motifs.
