International Museums Diary 2007

Kampung Life Series 2004
Acrylic on Canvas
n Collection: BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA

Yeong Seak Ling's painting entitled "Kampung Life Series 2004" (Collection of BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA) is featured in THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS ENGAGEMENT DIARY 2007, published by Museums & Galleries Marketing Limited, Great Britain to fund the development of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) founded 1946 formally linked to Unesco. 48 paintings (from1400 until 2006) are chosen from the national museums over the world ( Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GREECE, HOLY SEE, ICELAND, IRELAND, ISRAEL, MALAYSIA, THE NETHERLAND, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, ENGLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, SCOTLAND and UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,

The fact that Yeong Seak Ling is the only living Asian artist selected for the exclusive INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS ENGAGEMENT DIARY 2007 together with many world great masters (from 14th - 21st century) like Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569), Edouard Manet (1832-1883), George Turner (1843-1910), Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Jean Francois Millet (1814-1875) and Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) justified that the standard of art in Malaysia / Penang is of international standard.

The world renowned western masters (from 14th - 20th century)
featured in the calendar include the following:


	Artist: Edouard Manet (1832-1883) French A Bar at the Folies-Bergere (detail) 1882 Oil on Canvas The Samuel Courtauld Trust, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery London, England.	Artist: Yeong Seak Ling (b.1948) Malaysian Baby Cot (detail) 2004 Acrylic on Canvas Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank of Malaysia) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

	Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) Netherlandish The Hunters in the Snow (detail)1565 Oil on Canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria	Artist: Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) French The Rainbow (detail) c.1872-73 Pastel Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Lisbon, Portugal

	Artist: Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) Finnish Solveig, Norwegian Girl (detail) 1893 Oil on Canvas Porvoon Museo Provoo, Finland	Artist: Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) American Woman Reading (detail) c.1874 Oil on Canvas San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, California, USA.

	Artist: Gaston Balande (1880-1970) French Lunch on the Banks of the Seine (detail) 1914 Oil on Canvas Petit Palais. Modern Art Foundation Geneva, Switzerland	Artist: George Turner (1843-1910) English Harvest Scene, Barrow on Trent (detail) 1881 Oil on Canvas Derby Museum and Art Gallery Derby, England. UK

	Artist: Elisabeth Swagers (XXXX-d.1837) French Visit of Queen Hortense to Ecouen Chateau, First House of Education of the Legion of Honour (detail) c.1810 Oil on Canvas National Museum of the Legion oh Honour Paris, France	Artist: Henry Moret (1856-1913) French The Harvesters (detail) 1895 Oil on Canvas Vatican Museums Vatican City State, Collection of Religious Modern Art

	Artist: Snorri Arinbjarnar (1901-1958) Icelandic Blanda and Langadalsfjall (detail) 1928 Oil on Canvas National Gallery of Iceland Reykjavik, Iceland	Artist: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French Haymaking (detail) 1889 Oil on Canvas The Samuel Courtauld Trust, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery London, England. UK

	Artist: Charles Hermans (1839-1924) Belgian At Dawn (detail) 1875 Oil on Canvas Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium Brussels, Belgium.	Artist: Gian Francesco Barieri, Called Guercino (1591-1666) Italian Landscape with Female Bathers (detail) c.1618 Oil on Canvas Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

	Artist: Camille Pissaro (1830-1903) French Landscape in the Vicinity of Louveciennes (Autumn) (Detail) 1870 Oil on Canvas The J.Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, California, USA.