Tan Tong Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1942 - d. 2013

Tan Tong received a double diplomas (Painting and Drawing) from the Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) in Paris in 1972-75 after re-enrolling there. His did not get any certificate from his first stint from 1964 to December 1969, because of a foreignerâ??s ruling. But he was given a rare solo in at the Foyer des Artistes Galerie in 1967. In 1974, he won the La Fondation Rocheron Award for his Buddha Eye painting. He had another French Government scholarship to study the teaching of French language at the Bordeaux University between October 1970 to June 1971. He was to revisit Paris four times on field trips in 1983, 1995, 2002 and 2008. He lectured on Art for 26 years at the Malaysian Institute of Art and retired as head of Art&Design Department in 2002.