Draft:Lee Boon Ngan
Lee Boon Ngan (1939 — 23 April 2017) was a Singaporean oil painter. She specialised in painting flowers.
Education[edit]
Lee graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1965.[1]
Career[edit]
Lee specialised in painting flowers in oil.[2]
In 1992, her painting Vanda Miss Joaquim was selected by the Singapore Trade Development Board to be presented to Corazon Aquino, then president of the Philippines.[3]
Personal life and death[edit]
She married artist Chua Mia Tee. She was the sister of artist Lee Boon Wang and politician Lee Boon Yang.[1] A painting depicting her titled Portrait of Lee Boon Ngan, which was painted by Chua, hangs in the National Gallery Singapore. It was featured during the gallery's 2015 opening festivities.[5] Following her death, Chua painted a portrait depicting the both of them titled Forever Etched in Memory.[2]
She died on 23 April 2017.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 文化奖画家 背后的女画家 (29 December 2015)
- ^ a b c d https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/fukan/arts/story20170425-752803
- ^ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/timeszone19920521-1.2.6.1
- ^ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/nysp19800919-1.2.52.1.2
- ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/lee-boon-ngan-oil-painter-and-wife-of-cultural-medallion-recipient-chua-mia-tee-dies