Cheong Soo Pieng

Cheong Soo Pieng
钟泗宾
Born1917
Died1 July 1983 (aged 66)
NationalitySingaporean
EducationXiamen Academy of Fine Art
Known forOil painting, Watercolour, Chinese Ink and wash painting
MovementModernism, Nanyang art style
Awards1962: Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) by the Government of Singapore

Cheong Soo Pieng (simplified Chinese: 钟泗宾; traditional Chinese: 鍾泗賓; pinyin: Zhōng Sì Bīn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tsing Sì-pin) was a Singaporean artist who was a pioneer of the Nanyang art style, and a driving force to the development of Modernism in visual art in the early 20th-century Singapore. He was also known for his signature depiction of Southeast Asian indigenous tribal people with elongated limbs and torso, almond-shaped faces and eyes in his paintings.