painting by Ryan toro

javanese mother and her child
how is life in the old javanese kingdom during the monarch or Dutch colonial rule? that is what this painter try to depict in his painting, simple javanese life in javanese old costume street foodstall serving breakfast or lunch by the street
some men in old javanese custome gambling by the street accompanied by tea pot in the foreground

scenes from old part of town in Semarang, that used to be the center of Dutch colonial trade and merchants, situated close to the harbour and Semarang train station

web gallery of fine arts, collection of Indonesian, asian paintings. 

paintings by Indonesian painter/ Rusli and Srihadi

in this post, our gallery now featuring some works done by Srihadi Sudarsono and Rusli, both are native of Indonesia.
painting by Rusli
Rusli born on 1916.

Born in Medan, Indonesia, Rusli studied extensively at Santiniketan University in India. His academic interests included painting, philosophy and literature. From 1954 to 1956 he lectured at the Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts, Yogyakarta. He has had exhibitions in The Hague, Rome and Amsterdam during his travels in Europe. In South East Asia he has enjoyed exhibitions in Yogyakarta, Denpasar and Bandung.
painting by Rusli
topeng [mask] dance by Srihadi
legong dancer by Srihadi
image of borobudur temple
balinese women by Srihadi
Born on 1931 in Surakarta, Srihadi Sudarsono studied at the Bandung Institute of Technology before going on to Ohio State University to earn his masters degree. While in the United States he was impressed with and influenced by the Abstract Expressionists. Following his return to Indonesia his work has become less abstract and more representational with time. He taught at the Bandung Institute of Technology and became the art department chairman in 1970. Srihadi Sudarsono also became chair of the art department of the Jakarta Institute of the Arts in 1973. His many honors include the Fulbright-Hays Grant (1979), the silver medal at the Seoul International Art Competition (1985), the Japan Foundation Cultural Grant (1990), and Cultural Awards for his paintings from the Indonesian (1971) and Australian (1973) governments.
three bali dancer by Srihadi
gallery of asian painting by asian painter or expat painter who lived and worked in Indonesia or Asia | web gallery of fine arts |

arifin nief painting

seni lukis indonesia, karya pelukis arifin nief.

fine art of indonesia by indonesian painter arifin nief

paintings by balinese artist

wayan bendi

ketut ngendon
gusti saraswati
gde sobrat - tari baris

Balinese paintings by balinese artist. Karya pelukis Bali. gallery of asian painting. art in indonesia.

the works of Hendra Gunawan

Hendra Gunawan 1918-1983 Indonesian painter / artist

Born in Bandung, Hendra Gunawan studied under the artist Wahdi before he turned to modern art. He taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Yogyakarta from 1950 to 1957. He was imprisoned for 13 years because of his political beliefs. A year after his release he held a solo exhibition at the Art Center in Denpasar, Bali.

fish market by the beach
a woman selling chicken on the way to or from the market
another market scene, buyer and seller
three girls relaxing by the beach karya pelukis Indonesia Hendra Gunawan


gallery of Indonesian Art, paintings by Indonesian artist or expatriach who live and work in Indonesia. 

affandi maestro from yogyakarta

Affandi is one of Indonesia’s most well known painters. He was one of the founding members of PERSAGI, an association of Indonesian artists. He also founded two arts organization in the late 1940’s: “Community Artists” and “People’s Artists.” In the 1950’s he traveled across India on a grant from the Indian government. He held a number of one-man exhibitions there, and in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, where he continued his travels. Although he was self-taught, upon his return to Indonesia in 1955 he began to teach painting at the Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts in Yogyakarta.
Affandi later traveled to Honolulu to participate in the first East-West Centre Artist-in-Residence program. He has received awards for his work, including an Indonesian Art Award from the Ministry of Education and Culture in 1969 and an Indonesian Government Gold Medal in 1978.







Affandi (1907-1990; Cirebon, West Java) was a self-taught artist. From 1951-1956 he travelled and held exhibition throughout India, the United Kingdom, Holland Belgium, France, and Italy, later he taught painting sculpture at the Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia (ASRI, Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts) in Yogyakarta, Central Java.

In 1973 The Museum Affandi was established on the grounds of his residence in Yogyakarta. Affandi's highly expressionistic and dynamic works have very thick applications of paint squeezed directly from the tube with color fields smeared by hand.


Awards Affandi received : Piagam Anugerah Seni (Indonesia, 1969), honorary doctorate (University of Singapore, 1974), Dag Hammarskjoeld, International Peace Prize (Florence, Italy, 1997), Bintang Jasa Utama (Indonesia, 1978). Collection: East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaii). Exhibitions: Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1966), East-West Center (Honolulu, 1988), Festival of Indonesia (U.S.A., 1990-1992), Gate Foundation (Amsterdam, Holland , 1993), Singapore Art Museum (1994), Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta, 1996) Indonesia-Japan Friendship festival (Morioka, Tokyo, 1997), ASEAN Masterworks (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1997-1998).