Kachang Puteh Man

Title
Kachang Puteh Man
Creator
Year/Period
c. 1930s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Frame size: 111.0 x 75.0 x 2.0 cm,
Image size: 108.0 x 72.0 cm
Accession No.
2022-01049
Credit Line
Gift of Chang Si Fun (Shewin Chang), daughter of the artist

Tchang was an intellectual, a critic and editor, an educator as well as a social “leader” and pivotal member of key art agencies and communities such as Society of Chinese Artists. A critic and activist against the Japanese Occupation of China and subsequently Singapore, Tchang was killed in 1942 during the Sook Ching Operation.