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RUDOLF BONNET, attributed
(1895-1978)
A Balinese man, 1950
Oil on canvas, 38,5 x 30 cm
Signed in higher right corner: “R. Bonnet”.
Inscribed in in higher left corner: “Bali 1950”.
Inscribed on the back: “Tjemoel/ Dolu, 2 djoeli 1950/ R. Bonnet”.
Provenance: ambassador Gerardo Carante.
Rudolf Bonnet was born in Amsterdam where he attended the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunst. After traveling extensively, in 1929 he moved to Bali and immediately entered the lively artistic community there, contributing substantially to the creation of modern Indonesian painting. Interned in a Sulawesi camp during the Second World War, at the end of the conflict he returned to Bali until, in 1957, he was expelled from the country at the behest of President Sukarno who had been one of his great admirers. He managed to return to the island only in 1972: his efforts were then concentrated in the foundation of the Puri Lukisan Museum.
(1895-1978)
A Balinese man, 1950
Oil on canvas, 38,5 x 30 cm
Signed in higher right corner: “R. Bonnet”.
Inscribed in in higher left corner: “Bali 1950”.
Inscribed on the back: “Tjemoel/ Dolu, 2 djoeli 1950/ R. Bonnet”.
Provenance: ambassador Gerardo Carante.
Rudolf Bonnet was born in Amsterdam where he attended the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunst. After traveling extensively, in 1929 he moved to Bali and immediately entered the lively artistic community there, contributing substantially to the creation of modern Indonesian painting. Interned in a Sulawesi camp during the Second World War, at the end of the conflict he returned to Bali until, in 1957, he was expelled from the country at the behest of President Sukarno who had been one of his great admirers. He managed to return to the island only in 1972: his efforts were then concentrated in the foundation of the Puri Lukisan Museum.
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