PHILOSOPHER AND OWL, AN OIL BY SIAUW TIK KWIE

* SIAUW TIK KWIE (INDONESIAN 1915 - 1988), PHILOSOPHER AND OWL oil on canvas board, signed image size 57cm x 47cm, overall size 65cm x 55cm Framed. Label verso: John Mathieson & Co., Edinburgh. Note: Though Kwie was mainly a landscapist, he was also an accomplished figure artist. This unusual work was most likely commissioned by a Scottish visitor to Indonesia, which may explain the “westernised” signature variant and the Edinburgh framing.