“The Merchant of Venice”: The quality of mercy…

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Joo For Lee was born in 1929 in Penang. In 1957, he was awarded a scholarship by the Malaysian government to study art at Brighton College of Art. Whilst there, he received additional scholarships to study at the Camberwell School of Art, and then at the Royal College of Art. On his return to Malaysia he taught art at the Penang Free School and became the Head of the Art Department at the Malaysian Teacher's College in Johore Bahru. Lee was generally regarded in Malaysia as one of a group of artists who shaped the new aesthetic of the 1960s, having received formal art education in Europe. Besides exhibitions in Malaysia, he had solo exhibitions at London’s Commonwealth Institute (1960), International Institute, New York (1969), Kansas University (1969) and Washington Goodwind Mansions (1969). He also represented Malaysia at the Tokyo International Print Exhibition (1966), the Italian Expositions of International Prints (1976), Montreal Expo Combined Exhibition (1970) and São Paolo Combined Exhibition (1970). He was also a poet, novelist, short-story writer and award-winning playwright.

Places

Subjects

Shakespeare, William, theatre, abstract, merchant

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

John Joo For Lee (28/05/1929 - 2017)

Title

“The Merchant of Venice”: The quality of mercy…

Portfolio Title

Shakespeare

Edition

8/50

Date

1964

Medium

Lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from Editions Alecto, January 1971

Inscription

below image: 8/50 / "The quality of mercy...." / by Joo For Lee 64

GAC number

L704