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Dato' Mohd Ahmad Hoessein Enas BIOGRAPHY
1924 - 1995. Known for: Painting.
Indonesian-born Hoessein Enas led a chequered life, braving the rough seas to escape from the Dutch in December 1947 from Java to Singapore, where he briefly worked as a rickshaw-rider before moving... Read full biography
Indonesian-born Hoessein Enas led a chequered life, braving the rough seas to escape from the Dutch in December 1947 from Java to Singapore, where he briefly worked as a rickshaw-rider before moving to Penang and finally to Selangor. He formed the Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung (later SeMalaysia),... Read full biography
Indonesian-born Hoessein Enas led a chequered life, braving the rough seas to escape from the Dutch in December 1947 from Java to Singapore, where he briefly worked as a rickshaw-rider before moving to Penang and finally to Selangor. He formed the Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung (later SeMalaysia), based on a similar society he helped form in Indonesia. He was granted Malaysian citizenship in 1956. The then Sultan of Selangor made him a ‘royal’ portrait painter in May 1990 and awarded him the... Read full biography
Indonesian-born Hoessein Enas led a chequered life, braving the rough seas to escape from the Dutch in December 1947 from Java to Singapore, where he briefly worked as a rickshaw-rider before moving to Penang and finally to Selangor. He formed the Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung (later SeMalaysia), based on a similar society he helped form in Indonesia. He was granted Malaysian citizenship in 1956. The then Sultan of Selangor made him a ‘royal’ portrait painter in May 1990 and awarded him the ‘Dato’ title in March 1991. He is also well remembered for his Shell commissioned paintings of 56 called The Malaysians in 1956. The National Art Gallery accorded him a Retrospective in 1966. His awards include fellowships from Unesco (1960) and the... Read full biography
Indonesian-born Hoessein Enas led a chequered life, braving the rough seas to escape from the Dutch in December 1947 from Java to Singapore, where he briefly worked as a rickshaw-rider before moving to Penang and finally to Selangor. He formed the Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung (later SeMalaysia), based on a similar society he helped form in Indonesia. He was granted Malaysian citizenship in 1956. The then Sultan of Selangor made him a ‘royal’ portrait painter in May 1990 and awarded him the ‘Dato’ title in March 1991. He is also well remembered for his Shell commissioned paintings of 56 called The Malaysians in 1956. The National Art Gallery accorded him a Retrospective in 1966. His awards include fellowships from Unesco (1960) and the United States (1968), an Asia Foundation grant (1960) and the Colombo Plan (1968).
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Indonesian-born Hoessein Enas led a chequered life, braving the rough seas to escape from the Dutch in December 1947 from Java to Singapore, where he briefly worked as a rickshaw-rider before moving to Penang and finally to Selangor. He formed the Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung (later SeMalaysia), based on a similar society he helped form in Indonesia.
He was granted Malaysian citizenship in 1956. The then Sultan of Selangor made him a ‘royal’ portrait painter in May 1990 and awarded him the ‘Dato’ title in March 1991. He is also well remembered for his Shell commissioned paintings of 56 called The Malaysians in 1956. The National Art Gallery accorded him a Retrospective in 1966. His ...But wait, there's more...
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