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International Museums Diary 2007 |
![]() Kampung Life Series 2004 Acrylic on Canvas Collection: BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA |
Yeong Seak Ling's painting entitled "Kampung Life Series 2004" (Collection of BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA) is featured in THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS ENGAGEMENT DIARY 2007, published by Museums & Galleries Marketing Limited, Great Britain to fund the development of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) founded 1946 formally linked to Unesco. 48 paintings (from1400 until 2006) are chosen from the national museums over the world ( Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GREECE, HOLY SEE, ICELAND, IRELAND, ISRAEL, MALAYSIA, THE NETHERLAND, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, ENGLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, SCOTLAND and UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,
The fact that Yeong Seak Ling is the only living Asian artist selected for the exclusive INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS ENGAGEMENT DIARY 2007 together with many world great masters (from 14th - 21st century) like Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569), Edouard Manet (1832-1883), George Turner (1843-1910), Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Jean Francois Millet (1814-1875) and Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) justified that the standard of art in Malaysia / Penang is of international standard. |
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Artist: Edouard Manet (1832-1883) French A Bar at the
Folies-Bergere (detail) 1882 The Samuel Courtauld
Trust, Courtauld |
Artist: Snorri
Arinbjarnar (1901-1958) Icelandic |
Artist: Pieter
Bruegel the Elder1525-1569) The Hunters in the Snow (detail)1565 Oil on Canvas |
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Artist:
Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905)
Finnish Oil on Canvas |
Artist: Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) American Woman Reading
(detail) c.1874 San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, California, USA. |
Artist: Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) French The Rainbow (detail) c.1872-73 Pastel Calouste Gulbenkian MuseumLisbon, Portugal |
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Artist: Elisabeth Swagers (XXXX-d.1837) French Visit of Queen Hortense to Ecouen Chateau, First House of Education of the Legion of Honour (detail) c.1810 Oil on Canvas National Museum of the Legion oh HonourParis, France |
Artist:
Henry Moret (1856-1913)
French Vatican Museums Vatican City State Collection of Religious Modern Art |
Artist:
Gaston Balande (1880-1970)
French Oil on Canvas Petit Palais. Modern Art Foundation Geneva, Switzerland |
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Artist: Yeong Seak Ling (b.1948) Malaysian Baby Cot (detail)
2004 (Central Bank of Malaysia) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Artist: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French Haymaking (detail)
1889 The Samuel Courtauld Trust, Courtauld Institute of Art GalleryLondon, England. UK |
Artist: George
Turner (1843-1910) English |
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Artist: Gian Francesco Barieri, Called Guercino
(1591-1666) Italian Oil on Canvas Museum Boijmans Van BeuningenRotterdam, The Netherlands. |
Artist: Charles Hermans (1839-1924) Belgian At Dawn (detail) 1875 Oil on Canvas Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium Brussels, Belgium |
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