Thank you! What a nice thread! Some of this work is achingly beautiful.
Makes me wonder if a book of his art has been published? You have quite a good start on one? Ever think of getting their permission to do one?
Bar-tekk hey? And all these years I've been saying Bat-teek - hmmmm.
The Master of Batik * He is revered in world art circles as the Father of BATIK PAINTING. Datuk(Sir) Chuah Thean Teng still works at the age of 93 years !!!! - reviews the pioneering artists career and learns of an important influence - his mother.
When he held his earliest exhibition in 1955, at age 43 years, it was the first ever public viewing of paintings made in BATIK
"Joy of Living" by Sir Chuah Thean Teng