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Artists
 WU
Tsai Yen (1911 - 2001) 
Medium:
Finger painting
1911 Born in China's Fujian province
Studied art at Xin Hwa Art Academy in Shanghai
1938 Settled in Singapore
Picked up finger painting at age of 30
1954 Took finger painting abroad to London
1979 Established San Yi Finger Painting Society
1995 Raised S$150,000 for Mahaprajna Buddhist
Society through auction
of paintings he donated
1997 Raised S$320,000 for Ren Ci Hospital
1997 Awarded the Public Service Star by
Singapore Government
2001 Donated 12 paintings to Singapore Art
Museum
2001 Died on 5 November of colon cancer
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Finger
painter WU Tsai Yen died on Monday at the age of 91. WU
found out nine months ago he had colon cancer when he went for a
check-up. WU is often referred to as one of the pioneers of
Singapore art. (Straits
Times 8 Nov 2001(L3) More..... |
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