About the artwork
《早秋》三首的其一 "Three early fall" is the five character law of Xu Hun a Tang Dynasty poet. Lim Tze Peng interprets the poem in his own way. Autumn is when the days become shorter, colder and the trees start to shed. Lim recreates the poem by using gentle strokes the embody the autumn season, how the leaves gently fall, how the wind blows softly. The grey ink stains against the black ink almost resembles the autumn leaves falling, creating a rough visualisation of how autumn is like.
About the artist
Born in Singapore in 1921, Lim Tze Peng is one of Singapore’s most significant artists and a living legend. Renowned for his Chinese ink creations of post-independence Singapore, he also practices Chinese calligraphy. Alongside local and international exhibitions, his masterpieces are exhibited in prominent Singapore institutions and part of many prestigious collections. Lim has been bestowed several awards including the Special Prize at the Commonwealth Art Exhibition in England in 1977 and the prestigious Cultural Medallion in Singapore in 2003. In May 2012, he broke records with the sale of his works at a Christies auction in Hong Kong.