See Cheong Soo Pieng's sketches on display for the first time
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The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). A highlight of the show is the 86 sketches owned by private collectors that are on display, many for the first time in public. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). A highlight of the show is the 86 sketches owned by private collectors that are on display, many for the first time in public. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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By The River (1980), ink on cloth laid on canvas, a work by Cheong Soo Pieng after he returned from his trip to China in 1979. The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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Pounding Rice (1983), ink on paper laid on canvas. The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). A highlight of the show is the 86 sketches owned by private collectors that are on display, many for the first time in public. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). A highlight of the show is the 86 sketches owned by private collectors that are on display, many for the first time in public. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). A highlight of the show is the 86 sketches owned by private collectors that are on display, many for the first time in public. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
By The River (1980), ink on cloth laid on canvas, a work by Cheong Soo Pieng after he returned from his trip to China in 1979. The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
Pounding Rice (1983), ink on paper laid on canvas. The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). A highlight of the show is the 86 sketches owned by private collectors that are on display, many for the first time in public. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The artistic legacy of the late pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng lives on in a new exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa).
A highlight of the show is the 86 sketches owned by private collectors that are on display, many for the first time in public.
The exhibition also features some 50 paintings and mixed media works, including a series of never-before-seen blue abstract paintings.
The works span four decades of Cheong's artistic career, from 1943 to 1983, when he died of heart failure at 66.
