Lim Tze Peng
Lim Tze Peng was born in Singapore in 1921.
He became a full-time artist after retiring as the principal of Sin Min School in 1981.
Lim Tze Peng, artist, winner of the Cultural Medallion Award in 2003. He is best known for the significant number of Chinese ink drawings and paintings of Chinatown and the Singapore River during the early 1980s when urban redevelopment focused on these two areas. Having a solid foundation in Chinese philosophy, art and culture, he also practised Chinese calligraphy. His innovative expressions in his mastery of the Chinese ink and his development in calligraphy, particularly, his invention of 'HU TU ZI' (muddled calligraphy) is impressive to behold.
国宝级艺术家林子平于2003年获得新加坡文化奖。80年初期,在城市重建的规划下,他因画了牛车水和新加坡河这个两个地区的大量水墨画作品而闻名。他在哲学、艺术与文化方面有着扎实的基础,尤其醉心于中国书法。
他在中国水墨画和书法方面建构起新的视觉表达形式,尤其是他的 「糊涂字」令人留下深刻的印象。
- 2019 The Centenarian LIM TZE PENG, ION Orchard, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore
- 2014 Nanyang Visionaries, Singapore Art Fair, Suntec, Singapore
- 2013 The Singapore Showcase, The Luxe Art Museum, Singapore
- 2012 Nostalgic Memories of Chinatown, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore
- 2010 My Kampong, My Home: Lim Tze Peng – An exhibition of Lim Tze Peng’s Early Works of Chinese Ink on Paper, Singapore Management University, Singapore
- 2009 The Calligraphic Impulses by Lim Tze Peng, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore
- Inroads: The Ink Journey of Lim Tze Peng, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
- 2007 Lim Tze Peng: Singapore River Memory, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore
- 2003 Tze Peng, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
- 1998 Meeting Places in Fleeting Spaces, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
- 1995 Moments, Shenn’s Fine Art and Takashimaya Gallery, Singapore
- 1991 2nd Solo Exhibition, Shenn’s Fine Art, Singapore
- 1990 International Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
- 1987 Three-man Art Exhibition, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
- 1977 Royal Overseas League Art Exhibition, London, UK
- 1970 1st Solo Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
- 1963 Public Administration Medal (PPA), Singapore
- 1977 Special Prize, Commonwealth Art Exhibition, England
- 1981 Public Service Medal, Singapore
- 2003 Cultural Medallion, Singapore
- 2016 Meritorious Service Medal, Singapore
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