Netherlands, Indonesia, Holland. 1895 - 1978
Portrait, figure and genre painting
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1895 Russia - 1942 At Sea. Known for: Balinese figure painting, insect studies.
Walter Spies was a Russian-born German primitivist* painter. In 1923 he came to Java, living first in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting in 1927. He is often credited with attracting the... Read full biography
Walter Spies was a Russian-born German primitivist* painter. In 1923 he came to Java, living first in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting in 1927. He is often credited with attracting the attention of Western cultural figures to Balinese culture and art. In 1937, Walter Spies, the... Read full biography
Walter Spies was a Russian-born German primitivist* painter. In 1923 he came to Java, living first in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting in 1927. He is often credited with attracting the attention of Western cultural figures to Balinese culture and art. In 1937, Walter Spies, the illustrious German artist who settled in Bali 1927 until his death in 1942, built what he described as a "mountain hut" at Iseh in Karangasem. Adored by the Balinese, Spies was the co-founder of the Pita Maha... Read full biography
Walter Spies was a Russian-born German primitivist* painter. In 1923 he came to Java, living first in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting in 1927. He is often credited with attracting the attention of Western cultural figures to Balinese culture and art. In 1937, Walter Spies, the illustrious German artist who settled in Bali 1927 until his death in 1942, built what he described as a "mountain hut" at Iseh in Karangasem. Adored by the Balinese, Spies was the co-founder of the Pita Maha artists cooperative, he shaped the development of Balinese art and established the Westerners Image of Bali that still exists today. After living for nine years at the confluence of two rivers in Campuan, Spies grew weary of his increasingly hectic... Read full biography
Walter Spies was a Russian-born German primitivist* painter. In 1923 he came to Java, living first in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting in 1927. He is often credited with attracting the attention of Western cultural figures to Balinese culture and art. In 1937, Walter Spies, the illustrious German artist who settled in Bali 1927 until his death in 1942, built what he described as a "mountain hut" at Iseh in Karangasem. Adored by the Balinese, Spies was the co-founder of the Pita Maha artists cooperative, he shaped the development of Balinese art and established the Westerners Image of Bali that still exists today. After living for nine years at the confluence of two rivers in Campuan, Spies grew weary of his increasingly hectic social life, and retired to the tranquil mountain retreat that was to become the setting of some of his most beautiful an... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: Blick von der höhe (A view from the heights)
Blick von der höhe (A view from the heights)
Walter SpiesBlick von der höhe (A view from the heights)
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BLICK VON DER HÖHE (A VIEW FROM THE HEIGHTS)
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Pagodenlandschaft (Landscape with a Pagoda by a Lake)
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Netherlands. 1902 - 1981
Portrait, figure, genre, land-and townscape painting
Belgium, Indonesia. 1880 - 1958
Impressionist landscape, portrait and figure painting
California / Austria, England. 1895 - 1974
Orientalist figure and genre painting, romanticism
China, Indonesia. 1913 - 1988
Genre, human activity and animal paintings
New York, Michigan / Philippines, China. 1914 - 2012
Modernist female figure genre painting, sculpture
Netherlands. 1898 - 1968
Abstract figure scenes of Java, Bali, Japan, North Afriaca, markets
Indonesia, India. 1907 - 1990
Figure, animal, genre and self portrait expressionist painting
Netherlands, Indonesia. 1910 - 1963
Textile design, portrait, figure and spiritual theme painting
California / Austria. 1901 - 1988
Figure, genre, Indonesian scenes
Philippines, France. 1910 - 1981
Cubist painting, illustration
Indonesia. 1914 - 1985
Modernist painting and drawing, figure, genre, still life and landscape
Massachusetts / Spain, Philippines. 1924 - 1984
Abstract and realist painting
Switzerland, Thailand. 1908 - 1982
Portrait painting, females, musicians
Netherlands, Holland, France. 1865 - 1934
Impressionist female figure painting, seaside genre scenes
New York, California / Indonesia, Philippines. 1911 - 1999
Female nude painting
New York / Mexico. 1904 - 1957
Book and magazine illustration, caricatures, and mural painting
Viet Nam, France. 1906 - 1980
Figure, portrait, still life, genre painting
Viet Nam, France. 1908 - 2000
Modernist figure, landscape and portrait bust sculpture
Philippines. 1892 - 1972
Philippino landscape, wartime scenes and portrait painting
France, United States, Viet Nam. 1907 - 2001
Female figure and floral painting
Indonesia. Born 1973
Painting and sculpture
Indonesia. 1919/23 - 2002
Exotic animal, jungle and mythical painting
Indonesia. 1918 - 1983
Abstract figure and genre painting
Indonesia. 1928 - 2002
Painting
Indonesia. Born 1972
Railway scene and object painting
Ha Dong province / Asia. 1903 - 1995
Lacquer art
Netherlands, Indonesia. 1916 - 2016
Figure, landscape, Balinese life painting
Indonesia. Born 1975
Painting
New York / China, France. 1929 - 2010
Prints, non objective and abstract-design painting
Indonesia. Born 1971
Assemblage, conceptual artwork
Indonesia. Born 1959
Whimsical, pornographic figure painting, sculpture, graphics