An erotic drawing by Datuk Ibrahim Hussein of nude women done spontaneously and quickly with rough scraggly clump of lines for hair and ribbed accentuations as highlights. Datuk Ibrahim Hussein studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in Singapore in 1956 but did not complete. He graduated from the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting in (1959-1963, and the Royal Academy in London in 1963-1966. In 1970, he took part in the Venice Biennale through the Smithsonian Institute workshop and in 1977, he was featured in the eventful tripartite exhibition with Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali in Kuwait. He was accorded a Retrospective by the National Art Gallery in 1986.His awards include the Anugerah Tokoh Terbilang (2007), the Japan Foundation Cultural Award (1988), the Monte Carlo 18th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art (1984), the Order of Andres Bello of Venezuela (1993). He set up the Ibrahim Museum and Cultural Foundation in Langkawi in 2000 and celebrated it with the Langkawi International Festival of Arts. He also organised the Club Mediterranee Asian Arts Festival in Cherating (Pahang) and Bali.