Tew nai tong biography
Tew nai tong biography chinese.
As one of the most highly regarded artists in the region, Malaysia should be so proud to count Tew Nai Tong as one of their own.
Tew nai tong biography
A professional painter, a lecturer and the founder and president of the Watercolour Society of Malaysia, Tew Nai Tong’s journey from the moment he decided to become an artist at the young age of eighteen until this very moment has been nothing short of extraordinary.
Born in 1936 in his hometown in Klang, Tew Nai Tong attended Peng Hwa Chinese School at Tew Nai Tongthe age of seven.
By the time he turned eighteen, he decided that he wanted to pursue his dreams of being an artist, a proper artist. With his mind set on painting his way through life, he upped sticks and moved to Singapore, enrolling at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and studied there for two very fruitful years.
Focusing on sketching, watercolors and landscape painting during his early years at NAFA, he, along with his contemporaries, became part of