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LEE MAN FONG (Chinese, 1913-1988).

Lee Man Fong was born on November 14, 1913 in Guangdong, China.

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Fong moved to Singapore in 1917 and studied at the Anglo-Chinese School until 1929. In 1932 he migrated to Java and worked for Kolff, a Dutch printing and publishing company. In 1936 the head of the Dutch East Indies Association in Batavia invited Fong to participate in an exhibition, a great honor since he was the first non-Dutch artist to be given this invitation.

He was married to Lie Muk Lan — a pianist — and his son Lee Rem, born in 1938, also became a painter who would later exhibit jointly with his father.

After 1940 Fong devoted himself full-time to painting. He visited Bali, working briefly there, and held solo shows in Jakarta and Bandung.

Fong quickly gained recognition for his paintings of Balinese subjects, many influenced b