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Lee Man Fong (Chinese: 李曼峯; pinyin: Lǐmǐnfēng; Jyutping: lei5 man5 fung1; November 14, &#; April 3, ) was a painter born in Guangzhou, China. His father, a merchant with ten children, brought him to Singapore. When his father died in , Man Fong had to work hard to earn a living for his mother and siblings using his skill in painting ads and artwork.

However, that was not enough for him.

Lee man fong paintings Lee Man Fong (Chinese: 李曼峯; pinyin: Lǐmǐnfēng; Jyutping: lei5 man5 fung1; November 14, – April 3, ) was a painter born in Guangzhou, China. His father, a merchant with ten children, brought him to Singapore. When his father died in , Man Fong had to work hard to earn a living for his mother and siblings using his skill.

In , he moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. The tension between nationalist groups such as Persagi (Persatuan Ahli-ahli Gambar Indonesia, or Association of Indonesian Draughtsmans) and Indische-Holland kunstkring community stimulated him. In , Man Fong was jailed because of his opposition to Japanese colonialism in Indonesia. After six months in jail, Takahashi Masao helped him gain freedom.

This Japanese officer was interested in his artistic potential.

In , President Sukarno heard about him when he had his solo exhibition in Jakarta. Sukarno then knew that Man Fong was given a Malino scholarship from Van Mook, the Netherlands lieutenant-governor general.

Biography of lee man fong goldfish wife Lee Man Fong Artworks. Lee worked with a range of mediums encompassing oil and ink on masonite board, paper, and canvas. He hybridised stylistic elements of traditional Chinese ink painting with western modernism, drawing on a broad range of influences that include 17th-century Dutch genre painting and the Nanyang style. Flora and Fauna.

In Europe, many of his exhibitions were successful. He briefly returned to Indonesia, and went back to hold exhibitions from The Hague to Paris. In he returned to Jakarta. The visit from Sukarno and Basuki Abdullah, the official palace painter at that time, encouraged him to establish Yin Hua in Yin Hua was an organization of Chinese painters that had its office on Lokasari Street, Jakarta.

Many art exhibitions were organised by Yin Hua. In , Yin Hua was invited to hold exhibitions in China.

The relationship between Sukarno and Man Fong improved.

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Lee Man Fong was a Chinese-born Indonesian painter. His distinctive elegant depictions of Balinese people focused on capturing his subjects during their work and while engaging in cultural traditions.

His beautiful and perfect works matched with Sukarno's taste. For him, Man Fong's art was an escape from revolutionary spirit. Sukarno didn't have any particular theme preference in art. Only ten percent of all his collections had a nationalist theme. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," was his remark about his taste on art.

Biography of lee man fong goldfish Lee Man Fong. Two Goldfish (Dua Ikan Mas) Sale Date: September 7, Lee Man Fong was a Chinese-born Indonesian painter. View Lee Man Fong’s artworks on.

Therefore, when Basuki Abdullah suggested to him to appoint Man Fong as the next presidential painter, Sukarno agreed to it without hesitance.

Source: Kompas, June 1, , an article by Agus Dermawan T.

"Style should not be casually borrowed from others. Even worse is the deliberate imitation of the style created by another artist.

Those who pretend that another artist's style is his own have no shame. For any style to hold up, the artist - its true creator - has had to toil ceaselessly for years with repeated experimentation and reflection out of which the results in turn are subjected to successive reevaluations and corrections.

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- Lee Man Fong, The Oil Paintings of Lee Man Fong: The Pioneer Artist of Indonesia and Singapore, Art Book Co., Ltd, p. 11 ISBN&#;

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• , K.C. Low., et al. (), The Oil Paintings of Lee Man Fong: The Pioneer Artist of Indonesia and Singapore. Art Book Co., Ltd.

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