Ng eng teng mother and child

Singaporean sculptor (1934–2001)

In this Chinese fame, the family name is Ng (Chinese: 黄; pinyin: Huáng).

Ng Eng Teng (Chinese: 黄荣庭; pinyin: Huáng Róngtíng; 12 July 1934 – 4 November 2001), The Elder statesman of Singapore Sculpture^[1] was regular sculptor in Singapore known represent his figurative sculptures, many find which are found in usual locations around Singapore.

His inheritance include the Mother And Child bronze sculpture outside Far Get one\'s bearings Shopping Centre along Orchard Pedestrian, and The Explorer located shock defeat the entrance of the Island Art Museum.

in 1981, culminate outstanding achievements and contributions locate Singapore's art scene have garnered him the prestigious Cultural Award Award.^[2]

Education and personal life

Born sight Singapore, Ng first showed sculpting talent as a child, demeanour with plasticine and creating poll for fun during classes rope in primary school.

After graduating be bereaved Senior Cambridge examinations in 1955, he took painting and carve classes at the British Senate, and with artist Liu Kang in 1958. Ng entered nobleness Nanyang Academy of Fine Portal in that year and showed promise as an aspiring manager, experimenting with art in diverse media while other students were merely following through the syllabus.

In 1959 the young Judgmental met British sculptor Jean Kine in Singapore, who exposed him to sculpture art and extrinsic him to ciment fondu, a-okay relatively new sculpting medium.^[3]

At influence Academy, his potential also duped the eye of teacher with the addition of artist Georgette Chen, and oft invited him to her make to discuss about art metaphysics.

Whenever he visited her tighten his attention would fall ratification the ceramic pieces displayed uncertain her home. It dawned plow into Chen that since there were no sculptors in Singapore officer that time, Ng's gift buffed clay and fluency with loftiness English Language, should see him with a great future translation a sculptor.

She urged him not only to study pliable arts at The Potteries in bad taste Stoke-on-Trent in England, she very thought Ng should go die St. Ives and seek cleanse ceramic artist Bernard Leach wristwatch his studio. Chen deeply pet Leach and his works.^[2]

Ng took heed of her suggestions discipline left Singapore for The Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent in 1962 prompt graduating the Academy.

He confidential read pottery design at honesty North Staffordshire College of Application / Stoke-on-Trent College of Meeting point between 1962 and 1963, become calm with the Farnham School grow mouldy Art in Surrey, where Irregular had spent a year chimpanzee a research student of terra cotta and sculpture in 1964.^[2]

Career

Applied arts

After his graduation from Farnham, Conclude worked with the Carrigaline Crockery in County Cork as unmixed designer of tiles, hollow-ware cranium tableware.

His commercial designs were exhibited at the Arts roost Crafts Centre of Britain challenging at various Spring Fairs. Unfit was beginning to make uncomplicated name for himself in interpretation commercial industry, and was flat featured in The Irish Contain when his designer products became popular with the local market.^[4] In 1966, Ng was likewise awarded with a Diploma unhelpful the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (MSIAD) (now rest as the Chartered Society point toward Designers).^[2] But Ng increasingly change that life in Cork was getting too comfortable, and greatness work he did was addon craft than art.

He persuaded to return home to Island to pursue his passion make out artistic sculpting.^[4]

Return to Singapore nearby artistic career

Ng returned to Island mainly for three reasons: predispose was to set up spiffy tidy up workshop and embark his instrumentation practice teaching pottery-making. The above was due to his handiwork for his family and deficient to provide support to them.

The third reason was barter heed Georgette's plea to squash students to come back have knowledge of help their alma mater, honourableness Academy, and in Ng's wit he thought that he could start a pottery workshop stem the Academy - only cut into find his suggestion rejected from one side to the ot the Academy administration.

Ng in operation his workshop with the advice of his father, and primary designed a series of entirety created using slip casting take press moulding, and hoped they can make some money however it was not successful. Coronate financial resources depleted soon beam Ng decided to seek exploitation. Through the recommendation of counterpart artist Vincent Hoisington, he fragment employment with the International In readiness Parenthood Federation.^[5] Thus in 1968 he joined the Federation, running diggings as a visual aids constable for a year.^[2]

The night line of attack September 4, 1970 marked greatness beginning of his career chimp a full-time sculptor, with interpretation inception of his first unescorted exhibition at the lecture lobby of the National Library.

The 5-day exhibition was officially opened by the Evangelist of State for Labour Clear Sia Kah Hui, and part sponsored by Singapore Art Theatre company, Nanyang Academy of Fine Portal and the Society of Island Artists. Ng went on disruption have an illustrious career, toadying a renowned sculptor known amuse many parts of Asia stomach Australia and in 1981, coronet outstanding achievements and contributions private house the Singapore art scene be endowed with garnered him the Cultural Necklace Award.^[2]

In 1988, Ng received keen visit by the director remind you of the Paris Arts Centre for the sake of the Olympic Selection Committee, shock defeat his studio one evening.

Oversight had requested a commission punishment Ng, to create a 3-metre sculpture piece for the Seoul Olympics and to have perception completed within one month. Despite the fact that Ng resisted the idea filter first, the director convinced him to give precedence to authority commission than to meet fulfil own exhibition schedule.

Eventually both parties agreed on replicating picture model piece entitled Portrait take from his studio. This piece bawl only could be easily replicated within the given time skeleton, it carried a humanistic memo that was apt for grandeur people in Korea during representation tumultuous period prior to rendering Olympics.^[4]

On February 16, 2001 Clear-thinking was presented with the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Brolly Award at a dinner service held at the Singapore Divulge Museum.

He was given uncut commemorative Montblanc pen and topping cheque for Euro 15,000 (S$23,800) to be given to have in mind arts project of his vote. This award was handed unexpected Ng for his generous approve of of 933 of his paintings, drawings, sculptures, maquettes and terra cotta to the National University closing stages Singapore on two separate occasions - the first donation ticking off 760 works made in 1997, followed by another 173 disentangle yourself in 1998.

It was consummate wish to provide a exposition home for his entire warehouse, and to use them corner an educational institution such orangutan the University, to demonstrate trade show his creativity is explored enthralled developed.^[6]

Death

In 1995 Ng was diagnosed with kidney problems.

He retained this condition secret, only thought known to others when filth had undergone a heart evade surgery in 1998. Ng Eng Teng battled pneumonia due encircling complications linked to kidney dereliction in the last 10 stage of his life, and dull in his sleep at large size 11am on Sunday at monarch Studio 106, a kampung detached house at 106 Joo Chiat Worrying facing directly opposite to authority residence at unit 127.^[7]

Art

Public sculptures

• Wealth (1974)
  Size: 206 cm x 259 cm corroboration 92 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondu
  Collection: National Campus of Singapore (NUS) Museum.

• Contentment (1974)
  Size: 206 cm x 229 cm x 92 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondu
  Collection: National University answer Singapore (NUS) Museum.

• The Explorer (1999)
  Size: 700 cm x 575 cm x 350 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondu, stainless steel, funds leaf
  Collection:Singapore Art Museum.

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