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CRITIQUES CRITIQUES Tribute From Student Professor Heng Chye KiangFang Chang Tien Disciple AN ART AS NOBLE AS THE MAN HIMSELF Mr Fan Chang Tien came to Singapore in 1956 at the age of 49 after a sojourn of almost 10 years in Bangkok. As a young man, he was already...

CRITIQUES CRITIQUES Fan Chang Tien - The Literati Artist Choy Weng YangArtist & Art Curator In the resilient history of Chinese ink painting in China which crossed centuries, eras and social upheavals, there emerged from time to time exponents of the fascinating art form whose brilliant artworks shifted the...

CRITIQUES CRITIQUES Fan Chang Tien: The Literati Gardener Kwok Kian ChowFounding Director of the Singapore Art Museum and the National Art Gallery Introduction The 20th-century literati painter Fan Chang Tien’s life was underpinned by two ethos – nurturing younger artists, and furthering the literati tradition. Fan thought himself a ‘Gardener’ (his...