SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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1955 | Exhibition of paintings by Yong Mun Sen in aid of Poay Cheng Public School Building Fund

1972 | Yong Mun Sen Memorial Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

1972 | Mun Sen Memorial Exhibition, Penang Museum and Art Gallery

1998 | Yong Mun Sen – Father of Malaysian Paintings, The Art Gallery, Penang

1999 | Retrospective exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery

 

• “Father of Malaysian Painting”

• Yong’s birth name was Yong Yen LangSchooled in China at the age of 5 years, where he learned calligraphy

• Painting style is a combination of Chinese ink brush painting and a Western color palette. Competent in Chinese ink, oil and watercolour

• Moved to Penang in 1920 and lived there for the rest of his life

• Founding member of the Penang Chinese Art Club and helped set up the Singapore Society of Chinese artists (elected Vice President), 1935

• Set up Tai Koon Art Studio (Chulia Street) in 1992 to display paintings and as a studio for photography, which he later moved and renamed in 1930 to Mun Sen Studio (Penang Road) 

• Proposed setting up the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1937. The Singapore Society of Chinese Artists accepted this proposal and NAFA was set up in 1938

• Patronised by governors and commissioners (inc. Mr Malcolm MacDonald)

• Inspiration was mainly from nature and people

 

 

AUCTIONS

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2010 Aug | Henry Butcher Malaysia | watercolour on paper (49cm x 64cm), RM 27,500

2010 Aug | Henry Butcher Malaysia | watercolour on paper (49cm x 64cm), RM 34,100

2010 Aug | Henry Butcher Malaysia | watercolour on paper (40cm x 48.5cm), RM 24,200

2011 Jun | Henry Butcher Malaysia | watercolour on paper (46cm x 63cm), RM 16,500

2012 May | Henry Butcher Malaysia | watercolour on paper (53.5cm x 74cm), RM 18,700

2012 May | Henry Butcher Malaysia | watercolour on paper (49cm x 62.5cm), RM 35,200  

2013 Apr | KL Lifestyle | Watercolour on paper (36cm x 55cm), RM 12,100

2013 Apr | Henry Butcher Malaysia | watercolour on paper (49cm x 62.5cm), RM 35,200

2013 Jul | KL Lifestyle | watercolour on paper (27cm x 37cm), RM 6,050

2013 Nov | Masterpiece Singapore | watercolour on paper (55cm x 36cm), RM17,359

2014 May | Christie’s Hong Kong Asian 20th Century Art | Looking at Kedah Point from Penang Beach | oil on canvas (100cm x 138cm), RM 236,250

2014 Apr | Christie’s Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art | Hilly Coastal Scene with Fisherman in rowing boat | 1948 | Oil on canvas (54cm x 64cm), USD $29,409

2014 Apr | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers Malaysian & Southeast Asian Art | Junks Sailing in | 1955 | Watercolour on paper (25.5cm x 36.5cm), USD $10,033

2014 Apr | Henry Butcher Malaysia | oil on canvas (54cm x 64cm), RM 95,200

2014 June |  Masterpiece Malaysia | watercolour on paper (25cm x 36.5cm), RM 13,440

2014 June |  Masterpiece Malaysia | watercolour on paper (26cm x 36cm), RM 5,600

2014 June |  Masterpiece Malaysia | watercolour on paper (26cm x 36cm), RM 7,280

2014 Nov | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Boats Through The  Nets | oil on canvas (49cm x 58cm), RM 123,200

2014 Nov | Christie’s Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art | At the Beach | 1948 | Watercolour on paper (55cm x 75cm), USD $12,135

2014 Nov | Christie’s Hong Kong Asian 20th Century Art | Ploughing The Field | watercolour on paper (38cm x 55cm), RM19,712

2015 March | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Portrait of Nyonya Lady| Hand painted photograph | (26cm x 19cm), RM 6,000 – RM 8,000

2015 March | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Landscape | watercolour on paper (54cm x 75cm), RM 18,000 – RM25,000

2017 Apr | Henry Butcher Auctioneers | UNTITLED, 1948 | Watercolour on paper(27cm x 37cm) | RM10,080.00