[Levin]

August 09, 2021, 10:22 AM



Born in September 1921, nearly a century ago, Lim Tze Peng is currently Singapore's oldest living pioneer artist and has been painting since he was the age of 18.

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From 1968 to 1983, Lim painted more than 130 paintings of kampong life, drawing on his own experience of living in a kampong for most of his life. After retiring from his job as a school principal in 1981 to become a full-time artist, he painted nearly 500 paintings of Chinatown and the Singapore River.



https://mothership.sg/2021/08/lim-tze-pe...paintings/