Yow Fung - Artist Info

About Yow Fung

Name variants

Fung Yow Chork, Fung Yow Chork
  • Biography

    Fung Yow Chork (1918-2013) is considered one of the finest impressionists in the country. At the age of 13, he was taught by a teacher who had studied impressionism in Japan. He befriended Professor Chung Pak Mook of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore.

    His solo exhibitions were held at The Art Gallery, Penang (1998), Rupa Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1983), Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur (1982), Chin Woo Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1981). He was awarded Second Prize, Merdeka Independence Trade Fair’s Art and Photographic Exhibition (1957).

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