Lim Tze Peng

LP 自夏口至鸚洲夕望岳陽寄源中丞 - 劉 長 卿 - An Evening View of the City of Youzhou After Coming From Hankou to Parrot Island - A Poem to My Friend Governor Yuan by Liu Changqing (LP), 2004
Ink on Rice Paper, 140 x 70 cm

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About the artwork

Lim Tze Peng pays tribute to the lyrical words of Tang Dynasty poet 劉 長 卿 Liu Chang Qing in his poem 自夏口至鸚洲夕望岳陽寄源中丞 or An Evening View of the City of Youzhou After Coming From Hankou to Parrot Island - A Poem to My Friend Governor Yuan. The text reads: 汀洲无浪复无煙,楚客相思益渺然。汉口夕阳斜渡鸟,洞庭秋水远连天。孤城背岭寒吹角,独树临江夜泊船。贾谊上书忧汉室,长沙谪去古今怜。 Translated, it reads: No ripples on the river or mist over the islands. Yet the landscape is blurred in the direction of where my friend Chu resides. Birds cross the slanting sun towards Hankou, and the autumn sky intermingles with Lake Dongting. A lone city against a mountain range trembles with the call of a bugle, a ruined fort overlooks boats moored by the river at night. It brings to mind Jia Yi's loyal plea to the house of Han, which resulted in his ban and exile to Changsha.



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.

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