Georgette Chen

Singaporean(1906–1993)

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Georgette Liying Chendana Chen, known as Georgette Chen, was a pioneering Singaporean painter who studied and worked within the School of Paris tradition. She is celebrated as one of the founders of the Nanyang style, a distinctive artistic movement that blended Western modernist techniques with Southeast Asian and Chinese cultural subjects. Her work played a foundational role in shaping modern Singaporean art identity.

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