Mia Tee Chua Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Mia Tee Chua Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 20, 2024
CHUA MIA TEE | Waterfall
Est: S$30,000 - S$60,000
88 x 129 cm ; 109 x 149 cm (with frame) oil on canvas signed and dated 93 lower left 蔡名智《瀑布》1993年作油彩画布款识：M.T. CHUA. 93.（左下）
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Nov. 05, 2023
CHUA MIA TEE | Luohan Fishes
Est: S$60,000 - S$80,000
78 x 101 cm ; 110 x 130 cm (with frame) oil on canvas signed and dated 2002 lower right 蔡名智《罗汉鱼》2002年作油彩画布款识：MT CHUA 2002 This lot is located in Singapore
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Mar. 19, 2023
Chua Mia Tee (b. 1931) in collaboration with Lee Boon Wang (b. 1934 - 2016) Untitled, 1958
Est: RM70,000 - RM130,000
This is a portrait that is rare in that it has signatures by two great artists of Singapore's hugely significant Equator Artist Society (EAS): Chua Mia Tee and Lee Boon Wang. It took some time before the duo, who are brothers-in-law (Chua married Lee Boon Ngan, also an Equator artist) collaborated again in the epic 1973 Surrender (of the British to the Japanese), based on a commissioned 1942 painting by Miyamoto Saburo. According to fellow Equator stalwart Koeh Sia Yong and Singapore's foremost archivist-researcher-chronicler and curator Koh Nguang How, the sitter was Ong Tian Soo, also an Equator artist of note, who graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1955, two years after Boon Wang, and three years after Chua. It was painted in 1958, two years after the formation of EAS, by Lim Yew Kuan. That year, in 1958, Equator organised its inaugural exhibition featuring more than 400 works. In 1958, Chua was working as a book illustrator for the Shanghai Book Company. He had also painted portraits of then presidents Benjamin Sheares, Ong Teng Cheong and Yusof Ishak (the portrait was used on the Singapore currency). Others portraited include former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, former chief justice Wee Chong Jin, former founding SIA managing director Lim Chin Beng and billionaire Wee Cho Yaw. Chua Mia Tee (Cai Ming Zhi) is known for his epic works with a strong Social Realism content like National Language Class (1959), Epic Poem Of Malaya (1955), and Workers In A Canteen (1974). He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in 1952, and had even taught there for two years. At NAFA, he was taught by the founder Lim Hak Tai, Cheong Soo Pieng, See Hiang To and Koh Tong Leong. He worked mostly as an illustrator until 1974, when he turned fulltime. He was awarded the Culture Medallion in 2015. When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, his parents migrated to Singapore (1937), he was only six. The family had to flee Singapore again when the Japanese invaded, before returning in 1945. He was given a major retrospective, Directing The Real, at the Singapore National Gallery, from Nov 26, 2021 to Nov 20, 2022. Like Chua, Lee Boon Wang (1934-2016) emigrated from China to Singapore with his family as a child. He graduated from NAFA in 1953, and later taught there briefly, and later worked in advertising. He held his last solo at the Hai Hui Gallery in May 2016, about five months before his death, from colon cancer.
Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
Jan. 14, 2023
CHUA MIA TEE | Prosperity
Est: S$65,000 - S$120,000
100 x 150 cm ; 128 x 178 cm (with frame) oil on canvas signed and dated 2003 lower right 蔡名智《连年有余》2003 年作油彩画布款识：M.T.CHUA 2003（右下） Bid online at https://auctions.33auction.com/lots/view/1-6WOVV8/
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Aug. 21, 2022
CHUA MIA TEE | Lively Cois (Prosperity)
Est: Rp580,000,000 - Rp1,200,000,000
100 x 150 cm ; 140 x 190 cm ( with frame ) oil on canvas signed and dated 2008 lower right This work is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity 蔡名智《活泼的锦鲤》2008 年作油彩画布
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Oct. 03, 2021
CHUA MIA TEE : Singapore River - St. Therese Church, 1983
Est: RM90,000 - RM220,000
Chua Mia Tee, one of Singapore’s venerable realist painters, was born on Nov 25, 1931 in Shantou, Guangdong, China. This highly sought-after portrait artist had produced works of prominent businessmen and politicians in Singapore. He is also widely recognised for his works in oil that illustrate Singapore’s vanishing traditional urban landscape. Chua’s muse and subjects for his paintings came from his surroundings. Having spent his childhood in Chinatown and along Singapore River, it was natural that many of Chua’s early works feature the traditional landscapes and life in Singapore that were disappearing as a result of urban redevelopment. He had a way of capturing the heart of these places, but also the unbeatable spirit of the people living and working there. Chua once said that, as an artist, he saw the urgency to document these scenes before they vanished from Singapore’s cityscape.
KLAS Art Auction
Dec. 21, 2020
CHUA MIA TEE | Li River Villagers
Est: S$30,000 - S$40,000
91 x 132 cm; 106 x 147 cm (with frame) oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 86 lower left This work is located in Singapore
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Dec. 21, 2020
CHUA MIA TEE | Street Scene of Madrid, Spain
Est: S$20,000 - S$30,000
81.5 x 68.5 cm; 96.5 x 84 cm (with frame) oil on canvas, framed signed lower right, painted in 1979 Literature: The Art of Chua Mia Tee: A Portrait of a Life's work, Marshall Cavendish Editions, Singapore, 2018, p. 327 This work is located in Singapore
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May. 26, 2019
CHUA MIA TEE (SINGAPORE, B. 1931) Temple Street (Singapore Chinatown) oil on canvas 63 x 50 cm. (24 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
Est: $120,000 - $180,000
CHUA MIA TEE (SINGAPORE, B. 1931) Temple Street (Singapore Chinatown) signed and dated 'M.T. CHUA 76' (lower left); artist's label affixed on the reverse oil on canvas 63 x 50 cm. (24 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.) Painted in 1976
Christie's
Nov. 04, 2018
CHUA MIA TEE | Monkeys of the Goldenhill
Est: S$28,000 - S$38,000
81 x 117 cm oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 97 lower right
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Nov. 04, 2018
CHUA MIA TEE | Good Fortune in Abundance
Est: S$55,000 - S$70,000
100 x 150 cm oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 2007 upper left
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Jun. 12, 2018
Singapore River, a signature piece by Chua Mia Tee
Est: €12,500 - €17,500
- CHUA Mia Tee (Chinese, Singaporean 1931). Singapore River, 1983. Oil on canvas, signed 'M.T. Chua' (lower right), dated on one of the ships, titled, inscribed 'Copyright by Chua Mia Tee' and with artist's address (on the reverse), titled again, dated 'painted in May 1983' and inscribed with technique (on the artist's label on the reverse); framed. Professionally cleaned and revarnished, very good condition.
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
Feb. 04, 2018
CHUA MIA TEE | Koi Fish and Lotus
Est: S$60,000 - S$80,000
100 x 150 cm oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 2009 upper left 蔡名智《錦鯉和荷花》2009 油彩畫布款識：M.T.CHUA 2009（左上）
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Feb. 04, 2018
CHUA MIA TEE | Kois
Est: S$50,000 - S$70,000
100 x 150 cm oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 2015 lower right 蔡名智《錦鯉》2015 油彩畫布款識：M.T.CHUA 2015（右下）
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May. 14, 2017
CHUA MIA TEE | Lady
Est: S$12,000 - S$16,000
58 x 43 cm | oil on board, framed | signed and dated 1975 lower left; stamped with a seal lower left
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May. 14, 2017
CHUA MIA TEE | Misty Forest
Est: S$22,000 - S$40,000
90 X 121.5 cm | oil on canvas, framed | signed and dated 76 lower right
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Jan. 21, 2017
CHUA MIA TEE | Keng Chew Street
Est: S$25,000 - S$35,000
46 x 65 cm oil on canvas signed and dated 72 lower right; titled and dated 1972 verso
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Oct. 15, 2016
CHUA MIA TEE | Historical Relic
Est: S$5,000 - S$7,000
42 x 59.5 cm | charcoal and acrylic on carton board | signed and dated 97 lower right
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May. 21, 2016
CHUA MIA TEE | Koi
Est: S$45,000 - S$65,000
oil on canvas| 150 x 100 cm| signed and dated 2005 lower right
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May. 21, 2016
CHUA MIA TEE | Koi Jumping Over The Dragon Gate
Est: S$12,000 - S$16,000
watercolour on paper| 60 x 45 cm| signed and dated 2003 lower left
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May. 21, 2016
CHUA MIA TEE | Blue Macaws
Est: S$30,000 - S$40,000
oil on canvas| 61 x 91 cm| signed and dated 93 lower left; inscribed with title, medium measurement and name in Chinese and English verso
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Apr. 04, 2016
CHUA MIA TEE | Wall Carving
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Pencil and ink on paper
Sotheby's
Mar. 07, 2015
M.T. Chua, oil on canvas, 'At Stud', signed, dated 1980, 60 x 90cm
Est: $100 - $200
M.T. Chua, oil on canvas, 'At Stud', signed, dated 1980, 60 x 90cm
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