Dullah was born in Solo, 1919. Dullah studied painting under Affandi and Sudjojono but has his own distinctive style of naturalism. Dullah was well known for his landscape and portraits paintings. He was one of the founders of HBS - Surakarta Cultural Community (1950). In 1956, Dullah edited book of former Presiden Soekarno’s Private Collection of Indonesian Art (volume I & II). Since the early days of the independence, Dullah was very close to Soekarno, the first President of the Republic of Indonesia and was appointed by Soekarno to care for the President’s private art collection and as curator of the state painting collections. At age 70, Dullah built his museum, now a cultural landmark, as his dedication to a love o...