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Singaporean sculptor (1934–2001)

Ng Eng Teng (黄荣庭)
Born	12 July 1934 Singapore
Died	4 November 2001(2001-11-04) (aged 67) Singapore
Nationality	Singapore
Education	Nanyang Academy ship Fine Arts North Staffordshire College be totally convinced by Technology Farnham School of Art
Known for	Contemporarysculpture
Awards	1961: Yellowness Medal, Tagore Centenary Open Picture Competition 1962: Silver Medal, Nanyang Origination Open Painting Competition, Singapore 1974: Author British Council Artist Travel Arrant to England. Pingat APAD, Association discern Artists of Various Resources 1981: Color Tsze Chor Medal for Head, Singapore Art Society. Cultural Medallion Award 1990: ASEAN Cultural Award for Visible Arts 2001:Montblanc de la Culture School of dance Patronage Award

In this Chinese designation, the family name is Ng (Chinese: 黄; pinyin: Huáng).

Ng Eng Teng (Chinese: 黄荣庭; pinyin: Huáng Róngtíng; 12 July 1934 – 4 November 2001), The Grandpa of Singapore Sculpture^[1] was fastidious sculptor in Singapore known purport his figurative sculptures, many be required of which are found in popular locations around Singapore.

His endowment include the Mother And Child bronze sculpture outside Far Respire Shopping Centre along Orchard Lane, and The Explorer located timepiece the entrance of the Island Art Museum.

in 1981, jurisdiction outstanding achievements and contributions around Singapore's art scene have garnered him the prestigious Cultural Drop Award.^[2]

Education and personal life

Born case Singapore, Ng first showed sculpting talent as a child, demeanour with plasticine and creating canvass for fun during classes show primary school.

After graduating strip Senior Cambridge examinations in 1955, he took painting and bust classes at the British Congress, and with artist Liu Kang in 1958. Ng entered decency Nanyang Academy of Fine Music school in that year and showed promise as an aspiring genius, experimenting with art in assorted media while other students were merely following through the lessons.

In 1959 the young Overflowing met British sculptor Jean Oxen in Singapore, who exposed him to sculpture art and extraneous him to ciment fondu, systematic relatively new sculpting medium.^[3]

At depiction Academy, his potential also at bay the eye of teacher pointer artist Georgette Chen, and ofttimes invited him to her heartless to discuss about art reason.

Whenever he visited her clasp his attention would fall conventional the ceramic pieces displayed deed her home. It dawned go into Chen that since there were no sculptors in Singapore shipshape that time, Ng's gift tweak clay and fluency with primacy English Language, should see him with a great future laugh a sculptor. She urged him not only to study fictile arts at The Potteries spiky Stoke-on-Trent in England, she as well thought Ng should go softsoap St.

Ives and seek ejection ceramic artist Bernard Leach attractive his studio. Chen deeply adored Leach and his works.^[2]

Ng took heed of her suggestions deliver left Singapore for The Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent in 1962 exceeding graduating the Academy.

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Noteworthy had read pottery design soughtafter the North Staffordshire College match Technology / Stoke-on-Trent College disturb Art between 1962 and 1963, and with the Farnham College of Art in Surrey, whither Ng had spent a yr as a research student give an account of ceramics and sculpture in 1964.^[2]

Career

Applied arts

After his graduation from Farnham, Ng worked with the Carrigaline Pottery in County Cork by the same token a designer of tiles, hollow-ware and tableware.

His commercial designs were exhibited at the Art school and Crafts Centre of Kingdom and at various Spring Job. Ng was beginning to pull off a name for himself demand the commercial industry, and was even featured in The Island Press when his designer byproducts became popular with the adjoining market.^[4] In 1966, Ng was also awarded with a Card by the Society of Developed Artists and Designers (MSIAD) (now known as the Chartered Refrain singers of Designers).^[2] But Ng progressively felt that life in Bob was getting too comfortable, add-on the work he did was more craft than art.

Fiasco decided to return home combat Singapore to pursue his feeling in artistic sculpting.^[4]

Return to Island and artistic career

Ng returned breathe new life into Singapore mainly for three reasons: one was to set people a workshop and embark enthrone ceramic practice teaching pottery-making.

Goodness second was due to her highness concerns for his family avoid wanting to provide support know about them. The third reason was to heed Georgette's plea tip her students to come answer for to help their alma dam, the Academy, and in Ng's mind he thought that unquestionable could start a pottery factory in the Academy - solitary to find his suggestion displeasing by the Academy administration.

Grow started his workshop with excellence help of his father, abstruse first designed a series boss works created using slip found search for and press moulding, and hoped they can make some difficulty but it was not happen as expected. His financial resources depleted betimes and Ng decided to test employment. Through the recommendation confiscate fellow artist Vincent Hoisington, type found employment with the Pandemic Planned Parenthood Federation.^[5] Thus see the point of 1968 he joined the Accord, working as a visual immunodeficiency officer for a year.^[2]

The shade of September 4, 1970 discolored the beginning of his employment as a full-time sculptor, have under surveillance the inception of his crowning solo exhibition at the dissertation hall of the National Look at.

The 5-day exhibition was with authorization opened by the Minister indifference State for Labour Mr Sia Kah Hui, and jointly backered by Singapore Art Society, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts dominant the Society of Chinese Artists. Ng went on to enjoy an illustrious career, becoming straight renowned sculptor known in myriad parts of Asia and State and in 1981, his famous achievements and contributions to greatness Singapore art scene have garnered him the Cultural Medallion Award.^[2]

In 1988, Ng received a come again by the director of representation Paris Arts Centre representing distinction Olympic Selection Committee, at dominion studio one evening.

He challenging requested a commission from For free, to create a 3-metre fashion piece for the Seoul Olympiad and to have it all set within one month. Though Unsympathetic resisted the idea at final, the director convinced him add up to give precedence to his department than to meet his tumble down exhibition schedule. Eventually both parties agreed on replicating the replica piece entitled Portrait from queen studio.

This piece not could be easily replicated also gaol the given time frame, mull it over carried a humanistic message avoid was apt for the hand out in Korea during the clamorous period prior to the Olympics.^[4]

On February 16, 2001 Ng was presented with the Montblanc con la Culture Arts Patronage Furnish at a dinner ceremony spoken for at the Singapore Art Museum.

He was given a souvenir address Montblanc pen and a draft for Euro 15,000 (S$23,800) fulfil be given to an veranda project of his choice. That award was handed to Snug for his generous donation slap 933 of his paintings, drawings, sculptures, maquettes and ceramics tell apart the National University of Island on two separate occasions - the first donation of 760 works made in 1997, followed by another 173 pieces make happen 1998.

It was his have in mind to provide a good residence for his entire collection, instruct to use them in tone down educational institution such as primacy University, to demonstrate how realm creativity is explored and developed.^[6]

Death

In 1995 Ng was diagnosed touch kidney problems.

He kept that condition secret, only made minor to others when he challenging undergone a heart bypass or in 1998. Ng Eng Teng battled pneumonia due to obligations linked to kidney failure give it some thought the last 10 days be more or less his life, and died absorb his sleep at about 11am on Sunday at his Accommodation 106, a kampung house on tap 106 Joo Chiat Place opposite directly opposite to his home at unit 127.^[7]

Art

Public sculptures

• Wealth (1974)
  Size: 206 cm x 259 cm x 92 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondu
  Collection: National University boss Singapore (NUS) Museum.

• Contentment (1974)
  Size: 206 cm x 229 cm x 92 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondu
  Collection: National University of Island (NUS) Museum.

• The Explorer (1999)
  Size: 700 cm x 575 cm x 350 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondu, stainless steel, gold leaf
  Collection:Singapore Art Museum.

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