Cheong Soo Pieng
Cheong Soo Pieng | |
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| 钟泗宾 | |
| Born | 1917 |
| Died | 1 July 1983 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Education | Xiamen Academy of Fine Art |
| Known for | Oil painting, Watercolour, Chinese Ink and wash painting |
| Movement | Modernism, Nanyang art style |
| Awards | 1962: Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) by the Government of Singapore |
Cheong Soo Pieng (simplified Chinese: 钟泗宾; traditional Chinese: 鍾泗賓; pinyin: Zhōng Sì Bīn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tsing Sì-pin) was a Singaporean artist who was a pioneer of the Nanyang art style, and a driving force to the development of Modernism in visual art in the early 20th-century Singapore. He was also known for his signature depiction of Southeast Asian indigenous tribal people with elongated limbs and torso, almond-shaped faces and eyes in his paintings.