Jaga Man (Watchman)

Collections
1547781
Title
Jaga Man (Watchman)
Year/Period
1936
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Frame size: 46.0 x 41.0 x 3.0 cm,
Image size: 29.0 x 24.0 cm
Accession No.
2022-00943
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.