Leng Joon Wong, Untitled (Temple Scene), 1980
Watercolour on paper
63.5 x 49.5 cm (visible), 90 x 77.5 x 3 cm (framed)
Condition: Very good
Artwork located in California, USA
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Leng Joon Wong (Singaporean, b. 1947) moved from China to Singapore when he was nine years old and graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1964. In 1969, Leng became one of the founding members of the Singapore Watercolour Society, whose work laid emphasis on topographical scenes of Southeast Asia and fast-disappearing urban landscapes. His involvement reflected his commitment to preserving cultural memory through art. His subjects include attap buildings, street markets, traditional river craft and shophouses.
Leng’s paintings have been exhibited locally and regionally, and his contributions to Singapore’s watercolour tradition continue to be appreciated by collectors and heritage enthusiasts.
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The seller, currently based in San Mateo, California, spent her teens in Singapore and returned to live there and raise her two daughters. She had commissioned the artist, Leng Joon Wong, to paint a watercolour work of her childhood home (one of the historic old colonial homes that no longer stands) before moving to the United States in the 1980s. She loved Leng’s work and acquired this Temple scene alongside it.
The work is in its original frame from the 1980s.
(Photographed July 2025)