Abdullah Ariff

Born: 
1904-1962
Place: 
Penang
Category: 
Pioneers

SOLO EXHIBITIONS


1954 | 

  • Ownbey Fellowship Hall, Charlotte, USA
  • Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, USA

1959 | Malayan Embassy, Washington, USA

2004 | National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

  • Pioneer of watercolour painting in Malaysia
  • Art instructor to the 'Penang Impressionists'
  • Art supervisor at the Anglo-Chinese School, Penang
  • Only Malayan elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society of Art (F.R.S.A), England
  • Invited to take part in Salon des Independents and Societe des Artistes Francaise, Paris in 1956
  • In 1959, he was sponsored on a five-month trip around the world by States Department in Washington

 

FIRST AUCTION


1999 Oct | Christie's Singapore | Rhapsody in Green | watercolour (40.64cm x 55.88cm), USD $13,3134

 

LATEST AUCTION


2013 May | Christie's Hong Kong Asian 20th Century Art Day Sale | Coastal Landscape with Fisherman | watercolour on paper, 1954 (38cm x 55cm), RM 49,910

2013 Apr | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers, Kuala Lumpur | The River Ferry | watercolour on paper (36cm x 53cm), RM 46,200

2014 Nov | Christie’s Hong Kong Asian 20th Century Art Day Sale | Overlooking The Town Penang | watercolour on paper, 1956 (49.5cm x 65cm), RM 50,509

2015 May | Christie's Hong Kong Asian 20th Century Art Day Sale | The Chinese Hut | watercolour on paper, 1953 (28cm x 39cm), RM 32,680

2015 May | Christie's Hong Asian 20th Century Art Day Sale | The Blue House: & Marshland Sunset, 1958| watercolour on paper, 1958 (34cm x 25.5cm), RM 31, 924

2015 May | Christie's Asian 20th Century Art | The Blue House: & Marshland Sunset, 1958 | watercolour on paper (34cm x 25.5cm, 18cm x 23cm), RM35,467

2015 May | Christie's Asian 20th Century Art | The Chinese Art, 1953 | watercolour on paper (28cm x 39cm), RM35,467

2015 Nov | Christie's Asian 20th Century Art | On the Road, 1954 | watercolour on paper (36.5cm x 54cm), RM25,801

2015 Oct | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers| Misty Morning, 1960 | watercolour on paper (26cm x 36cm), RM 42,833.60