Calligrapher : profile
This black and white photograph shows the profile of a Chinese calligrapher writing auspicious Chinese verses for sale. His works are displayed on the wall behind him. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated.
Credit Line
From the Kouo Shang-Wei Collection 郭尚慰珍藏. All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007
Subjects
- Arts>>Visual Arts
- Calligraphers--Singapore--Photographs
- Calligraphy, Chinese--Singapore--Photographs
- Arts>>Decorative arts>>Calligraphy
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Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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Chinese calligrapher writing Chinese New Year couplets -
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A Chinese calligrapher writing couplets to be sold during the Chinese New Year season -
A CHINESE CALLIGRAPHER WRITING COUPLETS AT HIS FIVE-FOOT WAY STAND IN CHINATOWN (EARLY 1990S) -
A Chinese calligrapher writing couplets with a Chinese ink brush at his stall in Chinatown -
TRADITIONAL TRADES - CHINESE CALLIGRAPHER -
A CALLIGRAPHER DISPLAYING HIS SKILLS. -
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHIC TEXT: "MALAYAN CHINESE RESISTANCE TO JAPAN". -
TRADITIONAL TRADES - CHINESE CALLIGRAPHER -
Member of Parliament (MP) for Cairnhill Dr Wong Kwei Cheong (third from right) and former MP for Tampines Phua Bah Lee (second from right) watching a Chinese calligrapher writing the Chinese character fu (good fortune) during Chinese New Year festivities at Chinatown. -
HAND PAINTED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF MRS THERESA MILDRED BOUDEWYN IN HER WEDDING DRESS -
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF SENIOR MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW HANGING ON THE WALL OF RIVER VALLEY CLOSE KAMPONG KOPITIAM (COFFEE SHOP) -
A Chinese calligrapher cum letter-writer (right) in Chinatown