8 February 2012 – 24 June 2012

National Library Building, Level 10, National Library Gallery

Ex-Prisoner-of-War and accomplished artist William Haxworth provides his perspective on World War II in Singapore through over one hundred pieces of his artworks depicting life in the Prisoner-of-War camps.

The artworks are on loan from the National Archives of Singapore’s Haxworth Collection, together with selected sketches by Mr Chia Chew Soo, from the National Archives Collection, and drawings by internationally renowned Singaporean artist Liu Kang on the Japanese Occupation in Singapore. The exhibition serves as an extension to the Adam Park story.

Please visit http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg for more details.

For more programmes commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Battle for Singapore, 1941 – 1942, please visit: www.nhb.gov.sg/battleforsg