Popo Iskandar | ||
| (1927 - 2000, Indonesian) | ||
| Garut, W. Java, Indonesia, 1927 - Bandung, W. Java, Indonesia, 2000. He began painting in 1944 as a poster painter for the information service of the Indonesian Armed Forces. In 1958, he graduated from the Department of Art, ITB / Bandung Institute of Technology. He was an assistant lecturer at ITB from 1957 to 1961, and was also a lecturer in the Art Department of IKIP / Teacher’s Training Institute, Bandung for many years. He had solo exhibitions in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Medan (Indonesia), The Hague and Leiden (The Netherlands). He participated in numerous group exhibitions in Indonesia, China, UK, India, Japan, USA, The Netherlands and Brazil. Popo was also an art critic and essayist on art and literature, and was made a life member of the Jakarta Academy in 1970. He received the Anugerah Seni Art Award from the Indonesian government in 1980. | ||
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