Penjual Ikan by Hendra Gunawan

Posted by admin Friday, March 26, 2010

Artist:
Hendra Gunawan
Tittle: Penjual Ikan
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 94 cm x 37 cm
Year: 1967
Status: ready stock

Biography:
1918 Born in (Indonesia)
Hendra Gunawan, nicknamed A Great Modern Indonesian Painter, was one of the founders of the Indonesian Fine Art Academy (ASRI) in Yogyakarta -- now renamed the Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) of Yogyakarta.
He was incarcerated in Kebon Waru for his involvement in the Institute of Popular Culture (Lekra), a cultural organization affiliated with the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). It was not until 1978 that he was set free.
In his youth, Gunawan actively joined the Student Troops and was an active member of Poetera (Center of Popular Power), an organization led by the national leadership quartet: Sukarno, Hatta, Ki Hadjar Dewantara and KH Mansur. He was also active in Persagi (the Association of Indonesian Painters), an organization of painters set up by S. Soedjojono and Agus Djaya in 1938.
1983 Died

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