Lot 020
Raphael Scott Ahbeng
b. Sarawak, 1939 - d. 2019
Goldmine, 2007
signed and dated ‘RSA ‘07’ (lower right)
acrylic on board
43 x 58cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur
♦ PINKGUY Conservation Framing for this lot
ESTIMATE RM 2,500 – 4,500
PRICE REALISED RM 2,464.00
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Goldmine illustrates Raphael Scott Ahbeng’s signature composition exhibiting his unique ability to depict the spirit of his surroundings and inject his own personality into his works. Raphael Scott Ahbeng celebrates the enchanting beauty of Nature through his paintings, creating a vivid landscape using distinctive bold linear strokes and vivid hues.
From his secluded studio in Bau, Sarawak, Raphael Scott Ahbeng still paints on a variety of subjects and styles, with his métier being abstract. Given his first solo in 1954, he took up an Art and Photography course at the Bath Academy of Fine Art in England (1964-1967). He also took up Drama in London in 1973 under a Sarawak Government scholarship. His awards include 1st Prize in the Sarawak Shell Open (1959, 1982, 1983), and 3rd Prize in the Natural Malaysia art competition in Kuala Lumpur in 1991. A Bidayuh, RSA, as he is sometimes known, is an artist (professional since 1990), a teacher, a photographer, a newspaper cartoonist and a radio producer. His solo exhibition Legend: A Borneo Artist at PINKGUY Gallery, showcases the complete oeuvre of Raphael’s 60 years of work. This is a magnificent example of Nature at its best. |
