Raja Azhar Idris Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Raja Azhar Idris Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 27, 2024
RAJA AZHAR IDRIS : Zapin Dancers, 1990
Est: RM6,000 - RM12,000
Raja Azhar Idris is a prominent Malaysian artist known for his innovative approach to contemporary art, blending traditional themes with modern techniques. Born in 1952, he has made significant contributions to the Malaysian art scene, particularly through his exploration of cultural identity, social issues, and the relationship between nature and humanity. Raja Azhar’s work often features a distinctive combination of painting and mixed media, incorporating elements such as textiles, photography, and found objects. This diverse methodology allows him to create multi-dimensional pieces that challenge viewers’ perceptions and engage them in deeper conversations about contemporary life in Malaysia.
KLAS Art Auction
Aug. 25, 2024
Raja Azhar Idris (b. 1952) Silat, 2002
Est: RM19,000 - RM38,000
Raja Azhar Idris has worked shapes and images into and from fused, textural hot colour glass, a process he exacted from patient and methodical experimenting. After getting the shapes or images desired, the glass is fired at 760 Â° Celsius. Here, two pugilists of silat are in combative poses. Raja Azhar spent many years in Australia, first at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne (1979-1981). There, he made a name for himself winning awards like the St. Kilda in Melbourne (1980, 1981), Melbourne Lord Mayor's Prize (1981), Victoria Artist Society's Artist of the Year, Gippsland Miniature Art Prize (1982) and the Greyhound Art Prize (1989). He even set up an art gallery called Raya in Melbourne. But after 14 years, he decided to return to Malaysia in 1992 when he set up Art Case Galleries and resumed his art practices. His first solo was in 1976, when he displayed his batik works.
Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
May. 19, 2024
Raja Azhar Idris (b. 1952) Gambus Player, 2008
Est: RM2,000 - RM3,500
Raja Azhar Idris portrays a captivating sketch of a musician playing the gambus, a traditional Malay musical instrument practiced in Johor. Raja Azhar spent many years in Australia, first at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne (1979-1981). There, he made a name for himself winning awards like the St Kilda in Melbourne (1980, 1981), Melbourne Lord Mayor's Prize (1981), Victoria Artist Society's Artist of the Year, Gippsland Miniature Art Prize (1982) and the Greyhound Art Prize (1989). He even set up an art gallery called Raya in Melbourne. But after 14 years, he decided to return to Malaysia in 1992 when he set up Art Case Galleries and resumed his art practices. His first solo was in 1976, when he displayed his batik works.
Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
Oct. 01, 2023
Raja Azhar Idris (b. 1952) Silat Series Impression 5 & 6, 2018
Est: RM3,500 - RM6,500
This set of drawings depicts the fluid movements of Silat, a traditional form of martial art. Carefully modelled with refine strokes, it is hatched with dark shades that creates an impression of three dimensionality. Focusing on the rapid movements of the figures, it reveals the technique of physical combat consisting of complex tactics. Raja Azhar spent many years in Australia, first at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne (1979-1981). There, he made a name for himself winning awards like the St. Kilda in Melbourne (1980, 1981), Melbourne Lord Mayor's Prize (1981), Victoria Artist Society's Artist of the Year, Gippsland Miniature Art Prize (1982) and the Greyhound Art Prize (1989). He even set up an art gallery called Raya in Melbourne. But after 14 years, he decided to return to Malaysia in 1992 when he set up Art Case Galleries and resumed his art practices. His first solo was in 1976, when he displayed his batik works.
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Aug. 29, 2020
Raja Azhar Idris, Hütten am Fluss
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Raja Azhar Idris, Hütten am Fluss Palmenhain mit einigen Hütten am Ufer eines Flusses, Tuschefederzeichnung auf gelblichem Papier, rechts unten signiert und datiert „Raja Azhar Idris 1978“, unter Passepartout und hinter Glas gerahmt, Passepartoutausschnitt ca. 16,5 x 24 cm.
Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
Aug. 29, 2020
Raja Azhar Idris, Am Fluss
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Raja Azhar Idris, Am Fluss Hütten unter Palmen an einer Flussbiegung in Malaysia, Tuschefeder auf gelblichem Papier, um 1980, rechts unten signiert „Raja Azhar Idris“, auf Rahmenrückwand bezeichnet „Raja Azhar Idris *1952“, unter Passepartout und hinter Glas gerahmt, Passepartoutausschnitt ca. 17,8 x 24,5 cm.
Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
Mar. 15, 2020
Raja Azhar Idris (b. Perak, 1952) Silat, 2002
Est: RM28,000 - RM48,000
Raja Azhar Idris has worked shapes and images into and from fused, textural hot colour glass, a process he exacted from patient and methodical experimenting. After getting the shapes or images desired, the glass is fired at 760 ° Celsius. Here, two pugilists of silat are in combative poses. Raja Azhar spent many years in Australia, first at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne (1979-1981). There, he made a name for himself winning awards like the St Kilda in Melbourne (1980, 1981), Melbourne Lord Mayor’s Prize (1981), Victoria Artist Society’s Artist of the Year, Gippsland Miniature Art Prize (1982) and the Greyhound Art Prize (1989). He even set up an art gallery called Raya in Melbourne. But after 14 years, he decided to return to Malaysia in 1992 when he set up Art Case Galleries and resumed his art practices. His first solo was in 1976, when he displayed his batik works.
Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
Jun. 30, 2019
Raja Azhar Idris (b. 1952) Nude, 1979
Est: RM40,000 - RM65,000
Few know about Raja Azhar’s preoccupation with Realism in his early years in Australia. It was in 1979, in his first year at the Victoria College of the Art in Melbourne (graduating in 1981). This work shows his sleek skills, combining a female nude and a still-life, playing on patterns and design. A somnambulist spirit prevails as the woman is stretched on a mattress with striped and floral bedsheets, against a backdrop of a red floral design. On the left, cutting off her lower torso perhaps to conceal, a still-life of a potted plant with ramrod stems is put on a wooden pedestal, with the lower third dominated by a red-and-white veneer. It is reminiscent of the style and subject of American Pop artist Tom Wesselmann, known for his Great American Nude. Raja Azhar also taught art classes at the Caulfield Arts Centre for eight years, to help finance his education. Raja Azhar Idris is a versatile artist being adept at drawings, oil, acrylic, printmaking, batik, watercolours and sculptural glass. He is also into conservation painting. He had a gallery called Raya in Melbourne, and on his return to Malaysia after 14 years there, set up Art Case Galleries in 1992. His first solo was a batik exhibition in 1976. He excelled early winning several art awards like the St Kilda competition in 1980 and 1981, the Lord Mayor’s Prize in Melbourne in 1981, the Victorian Artists Society’s Artist of the Year Award, the Gippsland Miniature Art Prize (1982), the Rotary Club of St Kilda Prize (1983) and the Greyhound Prize (1989).
Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
Oct. 28, 2018
RAJA AZHAR IDRIS (b. 1952) Alvin Ailey Dance - Revelation, 1993
Est: RM8,000 - RM14,000
It's not surprising that Raja Azhar Idris had chosen dance as one of his manifold themes in his artistic oeuvre, as he had also been a dancer in his own dance troupe called Australian Contemporary Dance Company when he was in Melbourne. Raja Azhar was interested in capturing movement and momentum of this obviously modern dance, with the skirts billowing as the pace hit uptempo. He had also painted the more traditional Mak Yong. This work was done in 1993, a year after Raja Azhar decided to return for good to Malaysia after spending a decade in Melbourne, Australia, where he studied and eventually ran an art gallery, Raya. On his return, he set up the Art Case Galleries. Raja Azhar Idris graduated with a degree in Fine Art from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, in 1981, the year when he won the Melbourne Lord Mayor's Prize, and was voted the Artist of the Year by the Victorian Artists Society. He won the Miniature Gippland Prize in 1982 and the Rotary Club of St Kilda Art Prize in 1983, and the VCA's Elizabeth Murdoch travelling fellowship in 1985. In 1989, he was awarded the Greyhound Art Prize. Apart from acrylic, oil and watercolours, Raja Azhar had also done batik, etchings and sculptures in metal and glass. His first batik solo was in Kuala Lumpur and Paris in 1976. He performed painting live on stage in the Malam Karyawan at the Shah Alam stadium. Since taking up glass sculpture in 1999, he has had several major commissions including the Tree Of Life, measuring 38 feet by 36 feet by 60 feet (365 pieces) at the Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
Nov. 06, 2016
RAJA AZHAR IDRIS (b. 1952) Wet, wet, 1995, Oil on canvas
Est: RM10,000 - RM15,000
Raja Azhar Idris returned to Malaysia for good in 1992, after spending 14 years in Melbourne, Australia, as an artist-gallerist. It was back to the vagaries of the tropical weather of stifling afternoon heat and lashing thunderstorms and drizzles. It was one such scene where he saw everything in liquefied mode from the glass panel/window that drove him to paint such images, which also double as a metaphor of today's realityand life: impermanent, inconstant and ever changing.In Australia, Raja Azhar set up his gallery under his own name, and also took up art-conservation. He graduated with a degree in Fine Arts at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne in 1981. It was at a time that Raja Azhar was on a roll, winning the St Kilda art competition in 1980-81, the Melbourne Lord Mayor's Prize in 1981, the Gippsland Art Prize (1982), the Royal Club of St Kilda Prize (1983), the Greyhound Art Prize (1979) and the Victoria Art Society's Artist of the Year Award. On his return, he set up Art Case Galleries.
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