Pelukis hendra gunawan biography

Hendra Gunawan is an artistic creator respected for his role in actively stimulating the development of modern art at the beginning of Indonesia's Independence.
Group exhibition Hendra Gunawan was born in Bandung, West Java, June 11, 1918.
Hendra Gunawan was born in Bandung, West Java, in 1918.

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TheJakartaPost

n 1979, renowned painter Hendra Gunawan, (June 11, 1918 – July 17, 1983) held a solo exhibition at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta.

The special display drew the attention of observers and received mass media praise. Oddly, though, almost none of his paintings sold on the occasion.

Many collectors were reportedly reluctant to buy because Hendra was a former political detainee because of his affiliation with the People’s Cultural Institute (Lekra), an organization under the banned Indonesia Communist Party (PKI), which made Hendra feel despondent.

After the show, he took four of his artworks to Jusuf Wanandi, a politician known as a true collector.

At first, Jusuf declined to buy the large pieces, but Hendra insisted he purchase all of them, offering a reasonable price. On humanitarian grounds, Jusuf bought them to adorn his house and office.

Unexpectedly, 20 years later Hendra’s paintings had increased in price by 500 times the sum Jusuf had paid. In 2016, one of Hendra’s paintings sold at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong for HK$33.2 million

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Remembering the "People's Painter

HUMANIORA Vol. 31, No. 2 (June 2019) page 224—225 https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora https://doi.org/10.22146/jh.v31i2.45722 BOOK REVIEW Surga Kemelut Pelukis Hendra: Dari Pengantin Revolusi Sampai Terali Besi Author: Agus Dermawan T. Publisher: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG) Year of Publication: © 2018 ISBN 978-602-424-883-3 Dhania Putri Sarahtika English Program, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia Email: sarahtikadhania@gmail.com Remembering the “People’s Painter” There are only a small handful of books on Indonesian visual arts available, let alone biographies of artists. Published last year, Agus Dermawan T.’s “Surga Kemelut Pelukis Hendra: Dari Pengantin Revolusi Sampai Terali Besi” ("Hendra's Heavenly Chaos: From Revolutionary Groom to Time Behind Bars")1) was both a breath of fresh air and a long-awaited one, considering Hendra Gunawan––the subject of the book––is one of the country’s legendary artists most famously known for creating “Pengantin Revolusi” (1955). The book was released in July, at the same

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2018 spektrum hendra gunawan

group exhibition

Curated by Rifky Effendy

Ciputra Artpreneur

Jakarta, Indonesia

Hendra Gunawan is a figure of a modern Indonesian maestro artist whose works including unique and character. His exploration of painting techniques, the application of colors, composition and themes; starting from revolutionary struggle, family, traditional rituals to women directly or indirectly form special narratives and discourses. So it's no wonder the works of Hendra Gunawan have contributed and a great inheritance to the journey of modern art in Indonesia.

Hendra Gunawan was born in Bandung, West Java, June 11, 1918. He learned to paint from Wahdi Sumanta (1917-1996) and Affandi (1907-1990). In 1935, Hendra with Sudarso (1914-2006) and Barli Sasmitawinata (born 1921), joining the two teachers to form 'Group of Five' in Bandung. Hendra also supports the theater group 'Poesaka Soenda' in Bandung, especially as decorating painter in 1940. After independence, Hendra was involved in establishing the organization 'Pelukis Rakyat' i