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This still life with flowers arranged in a pearlish creamy vase is beautifully seated against a muted colour combination background. The painting looks very classy as the artist succeeds in creating an elegant composition of lights and colours. It is indeed a pleasing sight worth admiring for. Chia Yu Chian was honoured with Memorial exhibitions by The Art Gallery Penang (1997) and the Malaysian National Art Gallery’s Creative Centre (September to November, 2002), a 2009 exhibition hosted by Nanyang Academy of Fine Art called Chia Yu Chian In Nanyang, although he was not a NAFA alumni; and a 2019 show titled Chia Yu Chian: Private Lives at Ilham Gallery. He was mentioned in Dolores Wharton’s seminal Malaysian art book, Contemporary Artists of Malaysia (1971) and Dr. Michael Sullivan’s Chinese Art of the 20th Century (1965). On his return to Malaysia from Paris, he had a phenomenal sold-out solo exhibition at the British Council Penang. All 110 paintings were sold, raising a total of RM12,000, a princely sum then.