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1919/23 Kutoarjo - 2002 Jakarta. Known for: Exotic animal, jungle and mythical painting.
Haji Widayat began his artistic career by painting picturesque landscapes in the Mooi Indie tradition for the tourist market in Bandung. During the Revolution he was an officer in the Indonesian... Read full biography
Haji Widayat began his artistic career by painting picturesque landscapes in the Mooi Indie tradition for the tourist market in Bandung. During the Revolution he was an officer in the Indonesian armed forces involved in intelligence work in South Sumatra. His war-time activities included making... Read full biography
Haji Widayat began his artistic career by painting picturesque landscapes in the Mooi Indie tradition for the tourist market in Bandung. During the Revolution he was an officer in the Indonesian armed forces involved in intelligence work in South Sumatra. His war-time activities included making anti-Dutch propaganda posters and organizing dramatic performances to drum up nationalist fervor. Widayat was among the first batch of students at ASRI / Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts, Yogyakarta. He... Read full biography
Haji Widayat began his artistic career by painting picturesque landscapes in the Mooi Indie tradition for the tourist market in Bandung. During the Revolution he was an officer in the Indonesian armed forces involved in intelligence work in South Sumatra. His war-time activities included making anti-Dutch propaganda posters and organizing dramatic performances to drum up nationalist fervor. Widayat was among the first batch of students at ASRI / Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts, Yogyakarta. He graduated from ASRI in 1954, and then became a teacher in the school and remained a staff member until he retired in 1988. He co-founded the artists group PIM / Young Indonesian Painters in 1952. In 1960 he went to Japan for two years where he studied... Read full biography
Haji Widayat began his artistic career by painting picturesque landscapes in the Mooi Indie tradition for the tourist market in Bandung. During the Revolution he was an officer in the Indonesian armed forces involved in intelligence work in South Sumatra. His war-time activities included making anti-Dutch propaganda posters and organizing dramatic performances to drum up nationalist fervor. Widayat was among the first batch of students at ASRI / Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts, Yogyakarta. He graduated from ASRI in 1954, and then became a teacher in the school and remained a staff member until he retired in 1988. He co-founded the artists group PIM / Young Indonesian Painters in 1952. In 1960 he went to Japan for two years where he studied traditional gardens and ceramics. The Indonesian government presented him with the Anugerah Seni A... Read full biography
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Haji Widayat began his artistic career by painting picturesque landscapes in the Mooi Indie tradition for the tourist market in Bandung. During the Revolution he was an officer in the Indonesian armed forces involved in intelligence work in South Sumatra. His war-time activities included making anti-Dutch propaganda posters and organizing dramatic performances to drum up nationalist fervor.
Widayat was among the first batch of students at ASRI / Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts, Yogyakarta. He graduated from ASRI in 1954, and then became a teacher in the school and remained a staff member until he retired in 1988. He co-founded the artists group PIM / Young Indonesian Painters in 1952. In 1960 he went to...But wait, there's more...
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