Penang-born senior artist Nirmala Dutt, who is regarded as one of the unflinching social commentators in the Malaysian art scene, died peacefully at home on Dec 5. She was 75.
Born in George Town and schooled at Penang’s Methodist Girls’ School, Nirmala first started out as a tourist officer before she travelled to the United States in 1966, where she took up part-time art classes. Upon her return to Malaysia in 1967, her artistic career began in earnest.
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