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About the artwork
南国：红豆生南国，春来发几枝。愿君多采撷，此物最相思。The whole poem means: Beautiful red berries grow in the far away south, where you live right now. Spring comes again. I don't know how many new branches they have. I only hope you can gather them. These red berries are symbols of friendly love. Through the description of these red berries, the poet expresses his fond thoughts of his friends far away and how much he treasures their friendship.
About the artist
Born in Singapore in 1921, Lim Tze Peng is one of Singapore’s most significant artists and a living legend. Renowned for his Chinese ink creations of post-independence Singapore, he also practices Chinese calligraphy. Alongside local and international exhibitions, his masterpieces are exhibited in prominent Singapore institutions and part of many prestigious collections. Lim has been bestowed several awards including the Special Prize at the Commonwealth Art Exhibition in England in 1977 and the prestigious Cultural Medallion in Singapore in 2003. In May 2012, he broke records with the sale of his works at a Christies auction in Hong Kong.