Lim Tze Peng

BD - Red Toreador IV, 2010
Ink on Paper, 100 x 100 cm

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About the artwork

Lim paints a Toreador, a flower known for its vibrant colouring. The vivid red embodies the bold, defiant characteristics of the flower, which blooms in adversity with such vitality and energy. With toreador being another term for a bullfighter, the vibrant colour also alludes to the iconic red capes worn by such individuals. Lim Tze Peng executes free and spirited strokes of pastel yellow and blue behind the flowers, replicating the direction of sunlight shining on the flowers, with yellow representing the light and blue, the shadows. The pastel shades of the background soften the richness and intensity of the red, with the colours complementing each other and creating visual harmony and balance.



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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