Showing posts with label Bali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bali. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Bali Painting

Known painting "Mona Lisa"? It's the work of Leonardo da Vinci. Know "Sun Flower" was Van Gogh? My Lovable, painting was made in 1888 in Arles, France. 've Seen "The Nightwatch" by Rembrandt? So certainly, the most famous painting! If the painting "Dance Dancers" I Nyoman Gunarsa property? Mmm ... a while, I think hell ever heard. Like a painting I Gusti Nyoman Lempad? Wow, what tuh ...?

There are times when we are so familiar with the painting works of Western nations, but less familiar with great painters of our own nation, let alone appreciate their paintings. Before you surf the entire archipelago, we are acquainted with Balinese painters used yuuk ...

I Nyoman Gunarsa is one of the great painter who was born in Klungkung on April 15, 1944. He earned art education at ASRI (Academy of Visual Art Indonesia) Yogyakarta. Also in Yogya, Nyoman Gunarsa established art museum, which began construction in 1987 and inaugurated on March 31, 1989 by Claire Wolfowitz, the wife of American ambassador to Indonesia at that time, Paul Wolfowitz. Nyoman Gunarsa currently living in Bali, and still continues to paint.



"I draw the line as I sing, and I put the colors as I danced" said Nyoman Gunarsa. Results showed his freedom, both in lines and colors. Gunarsa paintings already circulating in the auction halls of art in a foreign country, and obtain a very high price. I fell in love with the picture above, but a broken heart with a price which reached 100 million dollars ...

Bali, particularly Ubud, is the birthplace of the great painters. Bali's natural beauty is also remarkable artist has attracted many foreigners to forget the land of his birth and settled in the island resort. Don Antonio Blanco is one of them. Spanish painter born in 1911 is very good at describing the beauty of women. The model used was his own wife, Ni Ronji, and her eldest son, Tjempaka Blanco. Blanco died in 1999 at the age of 88 years, and his body di'aben 'Balinese Hindu ceremony. His son, Made mario Blanco continued his father's footsteps to be a painter, now living at home as well as Antonio Blanco museum in Ubud.

Besides Antonio Blanco, one of Western painters who also became 'the Balinese' is Le Majeur. French painter is also married to a woman Bali, named Ni Polok. Ni Polok life story moving, how he was beaten by Le Majeur of a village girl who becomes a woman illiterate resilient Bali, written by Yati Maryati Wiharja the 1980s. Just like Blanco, Le Majeur also makes a model Ni Polok paintings. Touching to read how the Ni Polok must lie for hours in the hot sand without clothes when painting a model husband, without any protest especially daring move ...

I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, legendary Balinese painter who was born in 1862 Bedahulu year is also known as 'undagi' (traditional building planners) and 'sangging' (device makers for the ceremony Ngaben). In 1970 he got the award in the field of art paintings from the Government of Indonesia, and in 1982 received the Dharma Kusuma award from the Government of Bali.


In addition to great painters above, there are still many Balinese painters whose work is very beautiful. Made Wianta is one of the current generation of painters whose work is looming in the art world.

Painting gallery tour in Bali really eye and tourist attractions are washed conscience. Unfortunately, every painting that I estimate is always worth over 50 million (how sad!), So I ended up quite satisfied with just enjoying the beautiful paintings were, no longer dared to ask how much it costs ...

But really - as I wrote before - the price of the painting is very relative, and there is no default. If we really like a painting, and the painter have the 'chemistry' to us (meaning 'comfortable' to us), he could have lowered the price of a painting or even give it freely to us. Well, just like my brother, who because I do not want to buy anthuriumnya, ended up giving potted anthurium and 4 aglaonema to me (see Wave of Love, Mahal Tiada Tara

In a gallery, I fell in love with a dancer painting bali Made Wianta work, but yes ... it was worth 60 million. Obviously I immediately shrink. Staff gallery, see I'm really interested, ask what price I am willing to pay. He will call Wianta, who knows Wianta let go of his paintings. Laah ... I still can not mention numbers. Price 60 million, what would I offer? Cook I say 6 million? Later Wianta even offended, right? At that time I did not know, if Wianta is one of the top artists who can picture the price above 100 million. Nyesel I also do not want to see Wianta own. Who knows, after the meeting, she was presented the painting to me .... Olala!