Title
“Lovingly yours/Seet Sim Neo/30-7-1939”
Year/Period
1939
Region
Malacca
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Frame size: 15.3 x 24.8 cm,
Object size: Pls refer to individual parts for measurement
Object size: Pls refer to individual parts for measurement
Accession No.
2025-00755
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Sreetha Nadarajalingam
This studio portrait shows two women dressed in matching samfoos. It was found in the collection of the family of Low Kway Song (1889–1982), a pioneering artist who painted portraits of many prominent personalities in Singapore and Malaysia. Low was the first local artist to command a four-figure fee when he was commissioned to paint a portrait of sugar magnate Oei Tiong Ham in the early 20th century. In 1912, Low opened Raffles Art Studio along Bras Basah Road. He later became the pastor of the Malacca Straits Chinese Methodist Church, where services were conducted in Baba Malay.
