Jaff Point: Lifestyle. Mansor Ghazalli

Friday, June 12, 2009

The Art of Mansor Ghazalli 1953-2008

Self Potrait 1955

Doa recitals for late Mansor Ghazalli

Mansor Ghazalli brother, Raja Ahmad and Prof Zakaria

Kedai Padang Regas 1986 ( DJ Collection )
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In memory of one of Malaysian great painter and a dear friend that passed away on 10th June 2009 (Age 79). In 1962 he was among the first Malaysian sent to UK to study Art and came back to be a very dedicated art teacher in Batu Pahat. True to his passion he teaches painting even after his retirement on voluntary basis and my 12 year old daughter was one of his last students.

Tg. Labuh 2002 ( DJ Collection )

Bagan 1986 (DJ Collection)

Padang Sekolah 1981 ( DJ Collection )

Sg Lembing 2007 ( DJ Collection)

I spent many hours talking to this great man about art and life. His simplistic attitude towards life and art convinced me that you don't need to proof anything to anybody as long as you have done your best in whatever your chosen endeavor. To him it's ok just to paint and not worried about selling the works. He told me a story that once when the surau call for donation for it's expansion, he gave two of his paintings so that it can be sold and the money given to the surau. Unfortunately nobody took up the offer to buy it at RM 250 each, although it valued more than RM 1,000 each. He was sad but its ok, the painting was later sold at an art exhibition at RM 2,000 'each.

Despite our short acquaintance I benefited so much from this very humble great painter and will treasured our friendship for a lifetime. Managed to buy a few of his great paintings for my personal collections. For those who are interested in his works do visit RA Gallery at No 6, Jalan Aman, Off Jln Tun Abd Razak, Kl ( Tel: 03 2161 7341). The exhibition “The Art of Mansor Ghazalli will end on 20 June 2009.