Posthumous Post
This oil painting of the Singapore River by Singapore’s pioneer artist Georgette Chen in the 1960s was sold at a Sotheby Auction on 28 Aug 22, at the Regents Hotel for S$ 2.01million! (Another artwork was sold for DOUBLE the price for Georgette Chen’s “Singapore River” at more than S$4 million by Sotheby at the same auction at the Regents Hotel in Singapore.)
It was a painting entitled Tierfabel (Animal Fable) featuring 4 Sambar deers, an Orangutan, a tiger and a snake, painted by Walter Spies (1895 – 1942), an ethnic Russian German-born artist and musician who stayed in Jogjakarta and then in Bali for much of his life when Indonesia was under European colonial rule as the Dutch East Indies.
Tan It Koon
Before retirement, Dr Tan It Koon was, among many appointments, Head of Clinical Biochemistry at SGH’s Dept of Pathology. He was the Deputy Chairman of the National Theatre Trust and Chairman for Grants and Scholarships of the Spore Cultural Foundation. He received the National Day Awards, PBM, and PPA, for his contribution to cultural and community development and excellence in Public Administration.
