The late Dato' Hossein Enas was a modern artist with extraordinary artistic flair in portraiture paintings. His subjects include family members, friends, and royal patrons. In 1990, the Sultan of Selangor bestowed him the title' Royal Portrait Painter'. Dato' Hossein Enas illustrated a stunning rendition of a young woman dressed in a traditional kebaya here, capturing her features in the most mesmerising way. Born in Bogor, Indonesia, in 1924 and died in Kuala Lumpur in 1995, Dato' Hossein arrived in Singapore in 1947 and became a Malaysian citizen in 1956. His wife and children moved to Penang with him in November of 1948. He began painting in Indonesia in 1938 and survived the Indo-Dutch struggle by painting propaganda posters for the various political parties in power. He received informal art training from a Japanese artist from 1942 until 1944 during the Japanese Occupation and was gifted oil paints by a Japanese officer. In 1956, he produced a series of 56 paintings called "The Malaysians", commissioned by Shell. He was a member of the board of the National Art Gallery until 1989. Among his achievements included the Unesco fellowships (1960), the United States fellowship (1969), an Asian Foundation grant (1960) and the Colombo Plan (twice in 1968 and 1976).