Lim Wasim was born in Bandung Year 1929, from a Chinese family who opened a restaurant. Wasim is interested in painting and short-sighted to artists in Bandung, for example: Sudjana Kerton, Mochtar Apin and Abedy. In 1950 Wasim studied at the Central Art Institute of Beijing, China. For six years he studied there and then got a teaching assignment as a three-year association at the Xian Art College, Xian City. In 1960, Lim Wasim lived in Jakarta and came into contact with the Yin Hua organization. An organization of Chinese painters founded by Lee Man Fong in 1955 and headquartered in Prinsenpark (now Lokasari), Jakarta. In 1962, Lee Man Fong along with Lim Wasim received official duty from Bung Karno as a palace painter to replace Dullah. The 1965 Tragedy event has made Lee Man Fong go to Singapore, so Lim Wasim is on duty alone as a palace painter. Lim served in the transition period of the Old Order government until the New Order era of Suharto, 1968. Lim received many international awards, for example: in 1981, 1982, and 1985, he received an award from Italy. In 1975 his name is widely included in the biography of world artists award. Until 1995 Wasim was appointed professor at the Liu Haishu Arts Institute, Shanghai. In 1998 she was awarded World Lifetime Achievement from International Parliement, USA. Lim Wasim died on 28 August 2004.
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