Bedil, Dewa Putu | |
| (1921 - 1999, Indonesian) | |
| Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, 1921 - 1999. He was a student of the Dutch painter Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978), and was a member of Pita Maha Society during the 1930s. Most of his works are inspired by village life. They usually include large figures of people, especially their heads and upper bodies, in soft pastel colors. These were aesthetic features which he learned from Bonnet. His works are in the collections of the Art Centre in Denpasar, the Puri Lukisan Museum in Ubud, the Rijksmuseum Voor Volkenkunde in Leiden, and the Tropen Museum in Amsterdam. His work was included in the Art of Bali exhibit held in 1988 at the East-West Centre in Honolulu, Hawaii. Exhibitions include: Museum Nasional Jakarta, 1995, Centre of Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta in 1996, Indonesia-Japan Friendship Festival, Morioka, Tokyo in 1997. | |
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