Title
Photograph of Low Kway Song
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Singapore or Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 14.0 x 9.0 cm,
Image size: 13.8 x 8.6 cm
Image size: 13.8 x 8.6 cm
Accession No.
2025-00753
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Sreetha Nadarajalingam
Low Kway Song (1889–1982) was a pioneering Peranakan artist who painted portraits of many prominent personalities in Singapore and Malaysia. He 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.












