SIAU ERL CHIEN
THE RETURN OF THE LEGEND (SIAUW ERL CHIEN)
Although he has passed away,Mr.Siauw Erh Chien stays alive on his beautiful and expressive paintings.
The
late of Mr Siauw Erl Chien ,was born on September 16,1916,in MEI
Province and imigrated to Indonesia in 1939, and stayed Indonesia.
He had been a talanted painter since he was in China,and continued moving his brushes even when he had reached the age of 61.
And
Lee Man Fong met him,and they became very close friends. In Indonesian
slang language their relationship is like "LINTINGAN" (cigarette paper
and tobacco).
But Lee Man Fong's name has become more popular
while Siauw Erl Chien often painted and kept his masterpiece works for
himself,but later on August 14 to 26, he suddenly appeared at Balai
Budaya with 64 pieces of his astonishing masterpieces. Some were sold
out during his first painting exhibition.
According to Mr. Putu
Wijaya and other famous artists,the master often painted on the objects
that exist on this earth.His masterpiece a hundred Sparrows environment
was created style. The color of the soil, the nature of the trees, the
seasons, the hills look, hazy atmosphere, way of life and so on, may
have moved the painter of traditional Chinese brushes to achieve a
poetic form that famous temper.The colors are soft, smooth strokes,
feels the cold of the mountains and the distant environment revealed
that Mr.Siauw painted over fantasy,and he never really left his homeland
environment.Paintings like: 10 Tail Goldfish, Bird Kite, especially
at the Lotus Tree orioles, Black Bamboo, Bird Road in Willow Tree etc -
was poignant because it is very poetic.Mr.Siauw Erh Chien has become
the eyes of an immigrant eversince.
Some of his paintings have
not been put into frame put or scroll yet, in raw paper condition,are
really originals.These are chinese classical ink paintings by Maestro
Siauw Erl Chien acquired directly from the his daughter,Linny Siauw.
These are a few of chinese classical ink paintings acquired directly from the talanted chinese painter's family, the late of Mr Siauw Erl Chien.He came from China,and had been a painter in China before he came and stayed Indonesia.
Some of his paintings have not been put into frame put or scroll yet, in raw paper condition,are really originals,and now his family has decided to let them go.
His biography was published at TEMPO magazine,please refer to
http://majalah.tempointeraktif.com/id/arsip/1977/08/27/SR/mbm.19770827.SR75339.id.html
Kind regards,
On behalf of his family
James
Jakarta
Indonesia
Mobile : +6285692507770
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