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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago
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The artist’s name was Chen Wen Hsi, born in Guangdong, China and moved to SG in 1948. He seemed to like painting gibbons https://t.co/CZO9UXVJTr
Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago
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Apparently when he thought his work was not good enough, he would literally burn it. https://t.co/5L6rKUzN8R
Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago
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He would go to Jurong Bird Park to sketch cranes https://t.co/uwTVB1EzZe
Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago
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He liked eating durians https://t.co/aCWxMrGrn3
Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago
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he appreciated the titty https://t.co/hahJTSPxYo
Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago
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His 1950 painting Pasar (market) sold for S$1,400,000 in Hong Kong in 2013, 12 years after his death in 1991 https://t.co/j0r2A6feh1
