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TPH Tan Peng Hooi painter of Penang

Series

Fishing Village

The fishing village is where Tan's art is closest to documentary. Boats returning with the catch, stilt houses, nets, the labour of the sea. His 2005 curator read these works as portraits of poverty and fortitude, not scenery, and the reading holds: these are paintings of work, made from long observation of the Penang shoreline as it changed.

42 works in this series

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1990.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1990, oil on canvas, 18 x 22 in

Datuk Dr. Tan Chong Siang

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1991.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1991, oil on canvas, 18 x 22 in

Mr Eng Ng Chong

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1996.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1996, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in

Mr & Mrs Loke Gim Tay

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1996.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1996, oil on canvas, 21 x 19 in

Mr & Mrs Loke Gim Tay

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1996.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1996, oil on canvas, 20 x 18 in

Mr Chong Koek Yong

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1998.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1998, oil on canvas, 18 x 22 in

Mr Koay Bin Yong

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1999.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1999, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in

Mr Koay Bin Yong

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1999.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1999, oil on canvas, 20 x 18 in

Mr & Mrs Vivek Sharma

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1999.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1999, oil on canvas, 20 x 18 in

Mr Koay Bin Yong

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 1999.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1999, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in

Mr Wong Siew Wah

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2001.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2001, oil on canvas, 38 x 50 cm

Penang State Art Gallery

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2005.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2005, oil on canvas, 48 x 53 cm

Private collection

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2007.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2007, oil on canvas, 48 x 53 cm

Mr Ong Kok Sun

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2008.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2008, oil on canvas, 39 x 43 cm

Dato' Dr. Tan Chee Khuan

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2008.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2008, oil on canvas, 39 x 43 cm

Dato' Corry Yeap DIMP

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2008.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2008, oil on canvas, 39 x 43 cm

Dato' Dr. Tan Chee Khuan

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2008.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2008, oil on canvas, 39 x 43 cm

Mr Chong Koek Yong

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2008.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2008, oil on canvas, 39 x 43 cm

Mr Tan Kim Oh

Oil painting titled Fishing Village by Tan Peng Hooi, 2008.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

2008, oil on canvas, 40 x 43 cm

Mr Ewe Eng Kah

Oil painting of a fishing village.
Fishing villages and the sea

Fishing Village

1966, oil on canvas, 48.5 x 62.5 cm

Private collection (auction)

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