Self and Relationship

Georgette Chen aka ChangLiying Chendana(1906/ 7-1993)

Self Portrait, 1946

Collection of Singapore Art Museum

Born 1906 Zejiang Province, China Born 1907 Paris

1926-7

Attended classes at Art Students

League in New York

Education

1928-1929

Academie Colarossi and Academie Biloul in Paris

Georgette Chen aka ChangLiying Chendana(1906/ 7-1993)

Dispute on the country of birth

Looking at the Self Portrait and information provided, what can

we gather about her Status, Self, Society/ Culture?

Georgette ChenSelf Portrait

1946 -Born to a wealthy family

-Her education in New York and Paris exposed her to Western culture and art during her early youth. Hence affected her stylistic execution of artwork.

-She reflects a serene and sensitive disposition through the choice of harmonious colours - subtle nuances of pink, beige and brown, and to add interest, a dash of vermilion on the lips.

-The piercing looks in her eyes expresses her determination with a keen sense of purpose.

Georgette ChenPortraits Eugene Chen, 1940

Collection of Singapore Art Museum(Left)

1935-1938(Centre)

1944(Right)

Georgette ChenEugene Chen, 1940

Collection of Singapore Art Museum(Right)

1935-1938(Far right)

1930

Met her husband, Eugene Chen Youren, Chinese Foreign Minister

First exhibition, at the Salon d'Automne in Paris

Georgette ChenStill Life with Cut Apple and Orange (circa 1928 - 1930)(left)

1937

Exhibited at the Palace of Painting as part of the Paris World Fair, and at the Women Painters Exhibition.

1940s

Moved to Shanghai and produced many still life and portraits of Eugene Chen. Couple was imprisoned during Sino-Japanese invasion.

1944

Eugene Chen passed away.

Discuss the relationship between Eugene Chen and the artist.

Does his posture suggest his affection for the artist?

-Eugene Chen is the man behind Georgette Chen’s success.

-The posture on the extreme left, an intimate one, expresses how he was the love of her life.

-Her artworks is a marker for their marriage and she has indeed documented their mutual affection for each other.

-Eugene’s posture was captured purposefully to depict that he was lost in his thoughts, feeling comfortable with the artist’s presence.

-His attire and surroundings, suggest that he pursues intellectual concerns instead of materialistic aims.

Georgette and Eugene Chen

Georgette ChenFamily Portrait

1960-65

1949

Moved back to Paris with her second husband, Dr Ho Yung Chi, where she exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Galerie La Licorne

1951

In 1951, they moved to Penang.

1953

she moved to Singapore, having divorced Dr Ho.

1954

She exhibited her work at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (1953) and the Singapore Art Society (1954).

She began teaching art part-time at Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in 1954, and continued until 1980.

Whose family is this?

Eugene Chen’s or Dr Ho’s childr

en?

Role Audience Format Target

Publicity Coordinator

Museum’s patrons of the art

To design a publicity brochure for Georgette Chen’s exhibition entitled: ‘Self and Relationship’.

Different age groups-Adolescents

-Youth

-Working Adults

-Buyers

-Retiree

References• http://www.postcolonialweb.org/singapore/arts/painters/channel/13.html• http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_698_2005-01-12.html• http://www.postcolonialweb.org/singapore/arts/painters/georgettechen/6.htm

l• http://www.artoutreachprogram.org/images/pdfs/PORTFOLIOS/The%20Life

%20&%20Art%20of%20Georgette%20Chen.pdf• http://mms.elibraryhub.com/SHC/Singapore%20Pages/NORA/NORA%20R

G%20-%20Georgette%20Chen.pdf• http://theatre.wikia.com/wiki/Georgette• Singapore Art Museum, SOVA Teacher’s Resources