Yee Sun Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1919 - d. 2009

Sun Yee (1919 - 2009) was born in Zhejiang, China. She studied at the Xinhua Art Academy in Shanghai and the University of Japan in Tokyo before going to France where she studied with noted French modernist, Fernand Leger. Her works have been met with exhibition successes in France and Japan. A competent artist of Chinese brush and oil medium, she had exhibited at the Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1953.

Having settled in Singapore since 1954, she established the Singapore Academy of Arts and was an active participant in the emerging Malayan art world. Her first exhibition in Singapore took place in 1954 after which she travelled extensively in Malaya, Thailand and Borneo, studying and painting local landscapes and subjects. In her art and writings, Sun Yee advocated the development of localised visual idiom based in and around local subject matters. In 1963, she held an exhibition in Singapore titled 'Flowers of Nanyang' where works depicted local and regional botanical species through the medium of Chinese ink.

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  • SUN YEE | Ancient Temple in the Mountains
    Jun. 30, 2024

    SUN YEE | Ancient Temple in the Mountains

    Est: S$3,800 - S$6,000

    45.5 x 36.5 cm ; 69 x 59.5 cm (with frame) oil on canvas, framed signed lower left Provenance: Dynasty Antiques & Art Gallery; Private collection, Singapore 沈雁《山中古庙》 油彩 画布 画框 款识：SunYee（左下） 来源: 宣和文物; 新加坡私人收藏

    33 Auction
  • SUN YEE (1919 - 2009) Tokyo oil on canvas 60 x 72.5 cm. (23 5/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
    Nov. 24, 2019

    SUN YEE (1919 - 2009) Tokyo oil on canvas 60 x 72.5 cm. (23 5/8 x 28 1/2 in.)

    Est: $40,000 - $60,000

    SUN YEE (1919 - 2009) Tokyo signed, dated, and inscribed 'Sunyee 1950 Tokyo' (lower right) oil on canvas 60 x 72.5 cm. (23 5/8 x 28 1/2 in.) Painted in 1950

    Christie's
  • SUN YEE (b. 1919 - d. 2009) 南园佳色; 竹报平安, 1993; 1999
    Oct. 28, 2018

    SUN YEE (b. 1919 - d. 2009) 南园佳色; 竹报平安, 1993; 1999

    Est: RM9,000 - RM15,000

    Sun Yee was a versatile artist, being able to paint in the Western and Chinese style and media. She could do figures, landscapes, urban scenes and flowers. Her works are noted for the fine lines (bamboo paintings) and soft touches, like that of the ‘Yan Lan Hong' flowers (Herba Catharanthus Roseus, or sometimes called ‘Joseph's Coat') in the other painting of hers. In the November 2015 Christie's Hong Kong auction, her work Medley Of Dances sold for HK$475,000 . The career of Zhejiang-born Sun Yee parallels that of Georgette Chen, in her cosmopolitan nature involving a few countries. She studied at the Xinhua Art Academy in Shanghai (graduated 1938) and the Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan, before heading to France, where she apprenticed under the French Modernist Fernand Leger (1881-1955). She had exhibited at the Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1953, but held her first solo in 1940, and settled in Singapore in 1954 after her first solo. She set up the Singapore Academy of Art, where she was principal-lecturer.

    Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
  • SUN YEE | View of Chung Cheng School
    May. 20, 2018

    SUN YEE | View of Chung Cheng School

    Est: S$7,000 - S$9,000

    62 x 79 cm oil on canvas, framed signed lower right 沈雁《中正中學》 油彩 畫布 款識：Sunyee（右下）

    33 Auction
  • SUN YEE (b. 1919 - d. 2009) MANSION, undated, Oil on canvas laid on board
    Apr. 29, 2018

    SUN YEE (b. 1919 - d. 2009) MANSION, undated, Oil on canvas laid on board

    Est: RM6,000 - RM10,000

    Sun Yee depicts not a mansion in and of itself, but the road leading to the mansion, with trees obscuring what is no doubt the full magnificence of the facade. Sun Yee studied at the Xinhua Art Academy in Shanghai and the University of Japan in Tokyo before going to France where she studied with noted French modernist, Fernand Leger. Her works have been met with exhibition successes in France and Japan. A competent artist of Chinese brush and oil medium, she had exhibited at the Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1953. Having settled in Singapore since 1954, she established the Singapore Academy of Arts and was an active participant in the emerging Malayan art world. Her first exhibition in Singapore took place in 1954 after which she travelled extensively in Malaya, Thailand and Borneo, studying and painting local landscapes and subjects. In her art and writings, Sun Yee advocated the development of localised visual idiom based in and around local subject matters. In 1963, she held an exhibition in Singapore titled ‘Flowers Of Nanyang’ where the works depicted local and regional botanical species through the medium of Chinese ink.

    Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
  • SUN YEE | 2 Birds
    Feb. 04, 2018

    SUN YEE | 2 Birds

    Est: S$7,000 - S$9,000

    53 x 65 cm oil on canvas, framed signed lower left 沈雁《鳥》 油彩 畫布 款識：Sun Yee （左下）

    33 Auction
  • SUN YEE (SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) PUSS PUSSY
    May. 28, 2017

    SUN YEE (SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) PUSS PUSSY

    Est: $70,000 - $90,000

    SUN YEE (SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) PUSS PUSSY oil on canvas 73.5 x 53.5 cm. (28 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.)

    Christie's
  • SUN YEE SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) BIRD ATOP A PINE TREE ink on paper 127.5 x 53
    Nov. 27, 2016

    SUN YEE SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) BIRD ATOP A PINE TREE ink on paper 127.5 x 53

    Est: $45,000 - $60,000

    SUN YEE SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) BIRD ATOP A PINE TREE ink on paper 127.5 x 53.5 cm. 50 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

    Christie's
  • SUN YEE SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) PEONIES oil on canvas 80 x 101 cm. 31 1/2 x 3
    Nov. 27, 2016

    SUN YEE SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) PEONIES oil on canvas 80 x 101 cm. 31 1/2 x 3

    Est: $80,000 - $100,000

    SUN YEE SINGAPORE, 1919-2009) PEONIES oil on canvas 80 x 101 cm. 31 1/2 x 39 3/4 in.)

    Christie's
  • SUN YEE | (i) Traditional Architecture (ii) Chinese Opera
    Apr. 04, 2016

    SUN YEE | (i) Traditional Architecture (ii) Chinese Opera

    Est: $70,000 - $90,000

    Oil on canvas, in 2 parts

    Sotheby's
  • SUN YEE (Singaporean, 1919 - 2009) Medley of Dances
    Nov. 29, 2015

    SUN YEE (Singaporean, 1919 - 2009) Medley of Dances

    Est: -

    SUN YEE (Singaporean, 1919 - 2009) Medley of Dances

    Christie's
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