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With an artistic career spanning a lifetime, Tew Nai Tong was a revered painter who developed his art in the style of Nanyang and at the same time established his own visual language. Beautiful Life conveys the serenity of the local landscape. The scene is composed of several components including two shepherds, animals, and the vertical lines of stylised trees contrasting with mountains. Painted in tropical colours, the work expresses country life and nature with great zeal. Tew Nai Tong received his formal art education at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (1956-1958), and later at Ecole Nationale Superieuere des Beaux Arts, France (1967-1968). His solo exhibitions were held at the British Council, Kuala Lumpur (1964), National Library Singapore (1978), Art Folio, Singapore (2000), Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore (2008) and retrospective exhibition at National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2007). His awards include Second Prize, Chartered Bank Mural Design Competition (1964), Shell Watercolour Award (1981), Best Award, Esso (1982), Dunlop Watercolour Awards (1983) and Asia Art Award (Malaysia), Seoul, Korea (2009).