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Born: June 28, 1928 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Education: Tutored privately at home in Chinese calligraphy, painting, and literature. At the age of nine, entered St. Anthony's Boy's School and later St. Joseph's Institution, both in Singapore. Forced to leave St. Joseph's at the outbreak of World War II and entered a Buddhist school in Singapore for the duration of the war, studying traditional Chinese literature and philosophy.

Professional Background: (1945 - 1955)

  • Worked for ENSA ( The Entertainments National Service Association), as an apprentice and personal assistant to Professor Dr. Erik Chisholm, acclaimed Scottish composer, conductor and musical director of ENSA at Victoria Memorial Hall in Singapore, transposing  and copying musical scores. Dr. Erik Chisholm was also the founder of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in 1945.  That same year, was violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and worked in his spare time with the Radio Malaya Orchestra.
  • Established own art studio in Singapore doing portraits and illustrative work (72 pictures for the USIS).
  • In 1956,  he won an international competition to create a 90 ft. long mural freeze and a three-dimensional Sculptural mural, constructed of aluminum and other synthetics depicting inter-planetary travel for Royal Dutch Airlines weighing three tons.
  • Executed mural for Standard Vacuum Oil Company's Rumbai Club in Soeroebaya, Java, Indonesia.
  • Commissioned to paint portrait of Prince Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, also the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
  • Executed two murals for the main lobby of the Raffles Hotel in Singapore.

1956 -

Moved to Europe to enroll in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Jorge de Barcelona as well as Escuela la Llotya de Barcelona. the latter school, which was once host to Pablo Picasso. During this period:

  • Designed and executed 21 stained-glass windows for the new chapel of la Sagrada Corazon in Seu-de-Urgel, Spain.
    • Completed three murals for the Universitaria San Jaime, Barcelona, Spain.
      • Held "One Man Exhibition" at the Ateneo Barcelones, Barcelona, Spain.
        • Mural for the home of Joan March, Cala Ratjada, Mallorca, Spain.
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