Project Description

Huile sur toile

Dimensions : 34,5 cm x 95 cm

Signed lower left : Adbullah

Landscape of rice paddies – Java – Indonesia

 

Abdullah Suriosubroto – Soerjosoebroto- Surjoebroto

(1879 Semarang, West Java – 1941 Yogyakarta)

 

Indonesian painter. A painted mostly landscapes Indonesian.

He is the adopted son of Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo, a prominent figure of the Indonesian national movement, founder of Boedi Oetomo.

The Netherlands

Following in the footsteps of his adoptive father, Abdullah came to the & rsquo; medical school in Batavia (aujourd & rsquo; hui Jakarta). The ensuite poursuivi ses études aux Pays-Bas. Was, he turns to the & rsquo; art of painting and entered the & rsquo; d & rsquo school; art.

Indonesia

Upon his return to Indonesia after studying the & rsquo; art Netherlands, Abdullah continued his painting career. In particular, he participated in a graphic collaboration with the magazine Bandera Wollanda, the “dutch flag” subservient to the colonizer.

Abdullah is considered the first Indonesian painter in the 20th century, romantic style. In addition, it is included in an artistic movement dubbed “Beautiful India” which can be translated as “Beautiful Indies”.

He presented several exhibitions in galleries and museums, especially in & rsquo; Art: 1. We also know that & rsquo; he stayed several years in Bandung to be close to nature that & rsquo; he loved to paint.

The landscapes

This landscape painting is the embryo of classical Indonesian painting. Paintings that will influence all naturalist painters by representing local scenes. The Indonesian landscape is identical to the blue mountain behind a paddy field and flanked by tropical forest hills.

Mountain landscapes are one of the paintings that became the collection of the first President of the Republic of Indonesia, Bung Karno -Soekarno, an art lover and for whom naturalist painting remained in his eyes the most faithful representation of national identity. He also created a national museum presenting his various acquisitions as well as his own creations..

Abdullah Suriosubroto is very famous for his works “Bamboo forest”, “Indonesian landscape”, “paddy field” and “River”.

Then he moved to Yogyakarta, where he died in 1941.

family circle

Abdullah is the father of famous painters Sudjono Abdullah and Basoeki Abdullah and the sculptress The third Abdullah. He trained them as well as students such as : Wahdi Sumanta, Soekardji who was a technical draftsman. He started a family tradition : Adiwinata, Soewardja, basin, Idjonati Onions, Djoedjoe Saleh…

Sources : Biography prabook of the painter

Archipelago, volume 71, 2006. About painting in Java. Volume II.

 

Another Far Eastern work is offered to you.

velo-prices2 2500 € *

* excluding postage

  

To acquire this work,
contact us at :
06 08 15 23 92
or email contact@galerielesechappeesdelart.fr