Title
Two photographs of a portrait of Jesus
Year/Period
1940s
Region
Singapore or Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2018-00255
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Hall of Phoenix and Peony
These two photographs show Low Kway Song’s portrait of Jesus, painted in the 1940s. 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.
