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Adrian Jean Le Mayeur

 

Antonio Maria Blanco

Indonesian Paintings


When Walter Spies, a Russian-born artist came to Indonesia he found local artists churning out inferior works. He worked with another European artist, Rudolf Bonnet to use the Museum Bali in Denpasar as an outlet to sell artists' work. Spies became the musuem's first curator, and encouraged local artists to raise their standards. Later, along with two princes of the royal family, he and Bonnet created an artist's association called Pita Maha, which means "great vitality."

Pita Maha organized exhibitions in Java and outside Indonesia, and for the first time individual artists came to be recognized, and to sign their paintings. From the artistic seeds planted by this group, art activity increased in both quantity and quality, only to be disrupted by World War II.

After the war, the Ubud group carried on the traditions of "Pita Maha" and other artists such as Affandi, Abdul Aziz, Srihadi, Arie Smit, Antonio Blanco, were among those who migrated to the Ubud area, bringing with them styles that blended with those of local Bali artists.

 
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Geringer Art pays the highest possible prices for paintings by noted Indonesian artists

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