The beginning of landscape painting
British involvement in Malaya had various influences on the local culture, including its art and architecture. The emergence of a modern art tradition has been attributed to Westernization, the British educational system and immigration. The British contribution to Malaysian art can be traced to the presence of British traveller-artists and their naturalistic documentations of the beauty of the local landscape, rendered through their scenic topographical views of the place.
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- Influence of the British education system and the emergence of naturalism
- Watercolour paintings
- The Penang Impressionists
- The watercolourists of the Penang Chinese Art Club
- Early landscape paintings in oils
