Artists of the Nanyang school
From the 1950s, for about 30 years the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts occupied this campus at 49 Saint Thomas Walk, Singapore.
Apart from colonization, education and socio-political developments, immigration was an important factor that influenced the development of art in the country. The arrival of artists from mainland China during the 1930s and 1950s enriched the stylistic experimentations. The Chinese immigrant community was proud of its cultural traditions and promoted art education and Chinese artistic developments in this country. An example was the formation of the influential Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1938, the first art academy in what was then British Malaya.
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- Early efforts to preserve and promote Chinese art
- The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts based in Singapore
- The ‘Nanyang School’ approaches