>> LUKISAN DAN BIOGRAFI LEE MAN FONG

Lee Man Fong (1913-1988) adalah seorang pelukis Indonesia yang dilahirkan di Tiongkok. Dia dibesarkan dan mendapatkan pendidikan di Singapura. Di sana dia belajar melukis dengan seorang pelukis Lingnan, dan terakhir dengan seorang guru yang mengajarkannya lukisan cat minyak. Pada tahun 1933 dia datang ke Indonesia dan tinggal selama 33 tahun. Pada masa Perang Dunia II dia ditawan Jepang, kemudian setelah Indonesia merdeka, Lee man fong didaulat menjadi pelukis istana Presiden Soekarno dan menjadi warga negara Indonesia. Lukisan-lukisan Lee Man Fong diakui sebagai perintis pelukis Asia Tenggara. Pada Tahun 1964 ia ditunjuk oleh Presiden Soekarno untuk membuat buku yang berjudul "Lukisan-Lukisan dan Patung Koleksi Presiden Soekarno dari Republik Indonesia" buku ini berisi seluruh karya-karya seni yang dikoleksi Presiden Soekarno dan semuanya berjumlah 5 Volume, setiap volume berisi sekitar 100 koleksi lukisan dari karya-karya pelukis Indonesia dan luar negeri.

Lee man fong sendiri juga membuat buku sendiri yang berisi kumpulan lukisannya, diterbitkan dalam buku Lee Man Fong: Oil Paintings, volume I dan II dan diterbitkan oleh museum Art Retreat. Buku ini ditulis oleh kritikus seni Indonesia Agus Dermawan T., sementara seleksi karya dilakukan oleh Siont Tedja. Kedua buku yang keseluruhannya berisi 700 halaman ini berisi 471 lukisan pilihan koleksi banyak kolektor dari seluruh Dunia.

Pada tahun 1966, karena kekacauan politik di Indonesia, Lee Man Fong hijrah ke Singapura dan lama menetap di sana, karena lama menetap di Singapura, dia bahkan dianggap sebagai pelukis Singapura. Tahun 1988 ia meninggal di Puncak, Jawa Barat, karena sakit.

"Kebun di dalam Rumah" by Lee Man Fong, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 53cm x 65cm (Kyoto,Jepang 1964)

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"Wanita Jepang dengan kipas" by Lee Man Fong, Medium: Red Pastel on Paper, Size: 40cm x 60cm, Year: 1964

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"Anak perempuan Jawa" by Lee man fong, Medium: Water color, ink on paper, Size: 34,5cm x 97cm, Year:  1959

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"Bunga mawar putih" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on canvas, Size: 65cm x 50cm, Year: 1958

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"Dua ikan mas hitam" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on masonite, Size: 120,5cm X 60,5cm

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"Fifteen Goldfish" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 117.5cm x 221 cm, Year: 1940s 

*) Auction: Christie's Hongkong

"Gadis Bali memintal Benang" by Lee man fong, Medium: Oil on hardboard, Size: 105cm x 48cm

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"Gadis Tibet" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on canvas, Size: 66,5cm x 47cm, Year: 1956

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"Habis mandi" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on masonite, Size: 122,5cm x 52,5cm, Year: 1951

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"Ikan mas koki" by Lee man fong, Size: 102cm X 50cm, Medium: Oil on board

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"Menanti" by Lee man fong, Medium: Water color, ink on paper, Size: 34cm x 88cm, Year: 1959

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"Menunggu" by Lee man fong, Medium: Oil on hardboard, Size: 61cm x 60cm, Year: 1963

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"Pagoda" by Lee Man Fong, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 71cm x 100cm (Nara, Jepang 1964)

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"Penari Legong" by Lee man fong, Medium: Konte, pastel on paper, Size: 32cm x 55cm

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"Penjual sate" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on masonite, Size: 122cm x 60cm, Year: 1958

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"Pintu gerbang suatu kampung" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on canvas, Size: 53cm x 65cm, Year: 1964

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"Sepasang ikan mas hitam" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on hardboard, Size: 60cm x 122cm, Year: 1950

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"Still life (Roses)" by Lee man fong, Size: 65cm x 50cm, Medium: Oil on canvas, Year: 1966

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"Taman Pei-Hai" by Lee man fong, Medium: Oil on hardboard, Size: 61cm x 60cm, Year: 1958

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"Topeng, buah blewah dan kendi" by Lee man fong, Medium: Oil on canvas, Size: 79cm x 102cm, year: 1946

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"Two Rabbits" by Lee man fong, Size: 105cm x 50cm, Medium: Oil on board

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"Wanita Bali membawa bakul" by Lee man fong, Medium: water color on paper, Size: 63cm x 35,5cm

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"Wanita Bali menenun" by Lee man fong, Medium: water color, ink on paper, Size: 61cm x 60cm, Year: 1958

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"Wanita Jepang" by Lee man fong, Medium: Konte, pencil color on paper, Size: 40cm x 63,5cm

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"Warung di Bali" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on masonite, Size: 57cm x 87cm

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"Sketsa wanita Bali" by Lee Man Fong, Medium: Red pastel on Paper, Size: 40cm x 60cm

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"Suasana di Kampung (Life in a Village)" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 59.5cm x 77.5 cm 

*) Auction: Christie's Hongkong

"Gadis Bali sedang menenun" by Lee man fong, Medium: konte and pastel on paper, Size: 46cm x 53cm

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"Gold fish" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 105cm x 50cm

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"Gold fish" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 102cm x 50cm

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"Lady vendor" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 64cm x 49cm

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"Reclining nude" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 50cm x  98cm

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"Autumn in Suzhou" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 101cm x 49,5cm, Year: 1956

"Feeding the chickens" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 93cm x 35cm

"Rooster" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 122cm x 59.5cm

"Satay man with closed umbrella" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 122cm x 60cm

"Satay seller with an open umbrella" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 122cm x 59.5cm, Year: 1960

"View of old bridge in Ling Yin" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 102cm x 50cm, Year: 1958

"Trip to Sha Leng" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 61cm x 90cm, Year:1957

"Twin horses" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 90cm x 122cm, Year: 1959

"Twin horses by the tree" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 90cm x 120cm, Year: 1959

"View of Sha Leng in autumn" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 61cm x 90cm, Year: 1957

"Yong Quan temple, Fuzhou, China" by Lee man fong, Medium: oil on board, Size: 60.5cm x5 9.5cm, Year: 1956