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Tan Tee Chie 陈世集

Tan Tee Chie 陈世集. Society and culture: Ways of life. Tan Tee Chie 陈世集. 1928-2011 Born in Hainan Graduated from NAFA in 1951 Lectured there Art critic, calligrapher, painter, seal carver. Tan Tee Chie - Brobak Birds Competition, 1966, woodcut, 48x63 cm. Woodcut.

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Tan Tee Chie 陈世集

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  1. Tan Tee Chie陈世集 Society and culture: Ways of life

  2. Tan Tee Chie 陈世集 • 1928-2011 • Born in Hainan • Graduated from NAFA in 1951 • Lectured there • Art critic, calligrapher, painter, seal carver

  3. Tan Tee Chie - Brobak Birds Competition, 1966, woodcut, 48x63 cm

  4. Woodcut • Carve away unwanted parts of wooden block • Cover with pigment, and print • Tan Tee Chie was inspired by woodcut movement in China (1930s-40s) Li Hua – Roar, China!, 1935, woodcut

  5. Tan Tee Chie - Brobak Birds Competition1966Woodcut48x63 cm • Depicting a bird singing competition • Bird cages hung from poles in field • Spectators of all races, as seen from clothes/skin • Judges at table with trophies • Some vegetation in background

  6. Tan Tee Chie - Brobak Birds Competition1966Woodcut48x63 cm • Clear outlines • Variations in thickness and spacing of lines to create tones, textures, patterns etc. (e.g. leaves, fabric etc.) • Does not follow linear perspective • But still has sense of space and depth – Objects recede into space

  7. Tan Tee Chie - Brobak Birds Competition1966Woodcut48x63 cm • Contrast between • Tightly packed crowd at bottom, almost a grey mass • Birdcages at top, strong outlines standing out strongly from white background • Contrast and space • We follow the gaze of the crowd

  8. Tan Tee Chie - Brobak Birds Competition1966Woodcut48x63 cm • Ways of life back then • Depicting common pastime of that period • Simple lifestyle conveyed through straightforward composition and simplification of details

  9. Tan Tee Chie – Cigarette Seller/Transaction, 1953, woodcut

  10. Tan Tee Chie – Family, 1961, oil on canvas, 76x61 cm

  11. Tan Tee Chie – 2 Carps, ink on paper

  12. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Tan-Tee-Chie-%E9%99%88%E4%B8%96%E9%9B%86%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88-In-memory-of-our-beloved-teacher/150673584988090https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Tan-Tee-Chie-%E9%99%88%E4%B8%96%E9%9B%86%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88-In-memory-of-our-beloved-teacher/150673584988090

  13. References • http://tfcsea.nafa.edu.sg/artist_biography.aspx?id=33 • http://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/press_release/1998/imprints_on_singapore_art.pdf • http://www.nus.edu.sg/museum/forms/simplifiedWrkSheetConstructedLandscapes.pdf • https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Tan-Tee-Chie-%E9%99%88%E4%B8%96%E9%9B%86%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88-In-memory-of-our-beloved-teacher/150673584988090 • http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/graph/9polwood.htm

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