These came largely from important coastal Chinese settlements in Java and Sumatra
Gianni Orsini
through symbolic patterning
The book serves as a valuable record of Balinese life and culture during this era
Today the qualities of these East Indies paintings are fully recognized
‘Vibrant’ Arie Smit Exhibition These came largely from importantThis lavishly illustrated book is the official, comprehensive, aspiring, fresh restrospect of a Dutch born Indonesian painter Arie Smit, his life, artistic career and uvre as an artist. Born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, in 1916, Arie Smit is known today as one of the most outstanding painters of Bali. First arriving in Batavia, the capital city of the Netherlands Indies in 1938, by 1956, upon the invitation of important artists like Auke Sonnega and