Title
Appeal for funds and sale of ‘Praying Jesus’
Year/Period
1972
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 19.0 x 12.7 cm
Accession No.
2018-00399
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Hall of Phoenix and Peony
This pamphlet appeals for funds through the sale of ‘Praying Jesus’. Low Kway Song (1889-1982) was a pioneering artist who painted portraits of many prominent personalities in Singapore and Malaysia. He became the first artist to be paid a four-figure fee when he was commissioned to paint a portrait of the magnate Oei Tiong Ham in 1927. Low Kway Song established the first Straits Chinese Methodist Church in Malacca and in 1940 he became the Pastor of the Malacca Straits Chinese Methodist Church, where services were conducted in Baba Malay. Part of an archive which provides a record and glimpse into his personal life and artistic practice, this came from a collection which belonged to Low Kway Song.
