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Khaw Sia
1913 - 1984, Malaysia
Khaw Sia
1913 - 1984, Malaysia

First-generation Malaysian artist Khaw Sia (1913 - 1984) was born in Shanghai, China. He studied at the Sin Hwa Academy of Fine Art in Shanghai from 1925 to 1932. His family migrated to Penang, Malaysia, in 1937. Khaw held his first solo exhibition in Penang in 1955, exhibiting paintings of Balinese women and landscapes. Working in oil, pastel and watercolour, he exhibited his paintings and received awards for his art in London and Paris in the 1950s. He died in Penang in 1984.