Indonesian Artist Ida Bagus Terang Watercolor. Dancers Around Temple. Bali. 1950

Description: For sale is a wonderful painting by the highly regarded Indonesian artist Ida Bagus Made Terang (1915-1999) The watercolor on paper features villagers partaking in what is most likely an Odalan Balinese Temple Festival. Temple festivals are held on the anniversary of when the temple was consecrated and usually on a new or full moon. The villagers are surrounded by lush tall, tropical trees and florals. Each individual has finely rendered facial features. The painting signed and dated "50" (1950) in the lower left corner. Also with the location of Bali. There is another word which we cannot make out. Possibly the specific town or village in Bali. The condition is overall good for its age. Framed and matted under glass. IF PURCHASED INTERNATIONALLY THE GLASS WILL BE REMOVED AND NOT INCLUDED. Measurements Framed - 17 3/4" x 14 1/4" Sight Size - 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Ida Bagus Made (1915-1999) was also known as Ida Bagus Made Poleng, Ida Bagus Made Tebesaya, and Gus Made. He was born in Tebasaya, Ubud, Bali. He was introduced to the arts of painting and carving by his father, Ida Bagus Kembeng (1897–1952), who was a well-known and award-winning painter. He later studied painting under the guidance of Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978), a well-known Dutch artist who lived in Ubad for much of his life. Made was known by the Balinese people as a painter and a ritual specialist who carved sacred masks imbued with magical powers, for the temples of Ubud. When Made was 21 years old, he joined the prestigious Pitamaha Artist Guild, which was founded (in 1936) to protect Balinese art from the threat of tourism and commercialism. With Rudolf Bonnet as a chief consultant, the board members of Pitamaha met regularly to select paintings submitted by its members whose works were deemed to be good enough to be sold in a number or galleries and to be included in exhibitions throughout Indonesia, the Netherlands, and the United States. Before modernization of Balinese art began in the late 1920s, typical Balinese paintings were dark-toned and subject matters focused on indigenous stories (including about magic) and religious and other epic narratives. By the 1930s, new tourist markets stimulated many young Balinese to be involved in new types of art. Although some of Made’s works were dark-toned and featured figures based on diagrams of Balinese magic, under the influence of Bonnet, he focused on scenes of daily life that had more naturalistic looking figures and scenes with foliage in softer colors. Because Made had a distrust of collectors and galleries, after 1945, he did not exhibit his work very often. In 2000, over 100 paintings from his private collection were loaned to (and retained for safekeeping at) the Puri Lukisan Museum, in Ubad. His works were acquired by other institutions/museums around the world, including the United Nations (in New York, New York), the New York Museum of Modern Art (in New York, New York), the Royal Tropical Institute Museum (in Amsterdam, Netherlands), and the Royal Ethnographic Museum (in Holland, Netherlands). They are highly sought after by collectors.

Price: 299.25 USD

Location: Kingston, New York

End Time: 2024-09-03T17:55:57.000Z

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