Cheong soo pieng biography of william

     

1917

Zhong Sibin  钟泗滨 ( Cheong Soo Pieng )  ( 1917-1983 ) was born in Xiamen,

 

Fujian Province, in China.

   

He studied painting in the Xiamen Art Academy, then in the Shanghai Xinhua

 

Art Academy.

 He held his first solo exhibition.  

1946

He moved to Singapore.  He taught in the Nanyang Academy of Art, Singapore.

 

He is one of the four artists and educators, pioneers of Singapore, with his friends :

 

Chen Chong Swee, Liu Kang, Chen Wen-Hsi.

   

He left to visit Bali with Chen Wen Hsi , Chen Zongrui and Liu Kang.

1952

Pictures of Bali exhibition at the British Council Hall in Singapore was perceived

 

as the beginning of the Nanyang School.

   

He participated in exhibi Cheong Soo Pieng - Wikipedia WOS