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Batuan painting

10 works held in 2 museums

Paintings and drawings from the village of Batuan, Bali, 1930s

Amad-Muhamad, Ida Bagus Made Jatasura

Amad-Muhamad, 1938.

Ida Bagus Made Jatasura, painting

Puri Lukisan Museum, Ubud, Indonesia

Barong Landung performance, I Nyoman Patera

Barong Landung performance, 1934.

Barong Landong-opvoering (museum title)

I Nyoman Patera, ink on paper

Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands

The Sanghyang trance dance, with two dancers and kecak performers, I Nyoman Ngendon

The Sanghyang trance dance, with two dancers and kecak performers, 1936.

De trancedans Sanghyang met twee danseressen en kecakdansers (museum title)

I Nyoman Ngendon, ink on paper

Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands

Indra brings Sutasoma back to life, Ida Bagus Nyoman Buda

Indra brings Sutasoma back to life, 1934.

Sang Hyang Indra menghidupkan kembali Sang Sutasoma (museum title)

Ida Bagus Nyoman Buda, painting

Puri Lukisan Museum, Ubud, Indonesia

Barong Landung performance, two giant figures under parasols, I Nyoman Patera

Barong Landung performance, two giant figures under parasols, 1935.

Barong Landong-opvoering (museum title)

I Nyoman Patera, ink and gold on paper

Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands

A Tantri tale: a holy man teaches mankind the use of milk, I Nyoman Ngendon

A Tantri tale: a holy man teaches mankind the use of milk, 1933.

Een tantriverhaal over een heilige die de mensheid… (museum title)

I Nyoman Ngendon, ink on paper

Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands

Tiger chasing two deer, I Nyoman Ngendon

Tiger chasing two deer, c. 1934.

Tekening: Tijger achtervolgt twee herten (museum title)

I Nyoman Ngendon, ink on paper

Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands

Rainforest scene with a tiger, I Nyoman Patera

Rainforest scene with a tiger, 1932.

Regenwoudtafereel met tijger (museum title)

I Nyoman Patera, ink on paper

Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands

Forest scene with a tiger leaping upon a deer, I Nyoman Ngendon

Forest scene with a tiger leaping upon a deer, 1934–1936.

Woudtafereel met tijger die een hert bespringt (museum title)

I Nyoman Ngendon, coloured inks on paper

Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, Netherlands

Holy Water, I Nyoman Ngendon

Holy Water, 1932.

Air Keramat (museum title)

I Nyoman Ngendon, painting

Puri Lukisan Museum, Ubud, Indonesia

Batuan painting emerged in the early 1930s in this Balinese village about ten kilometres south of Ubud, where painters trained in the traditional wayang style began drawing densely filled compositions in ink on paper: forests teeming with animals, fables, scenes of village life, dances and ceremonies, and the unseen world of gods and demons. These painters were encouraged by the anthropologists Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead, who assembled a large collection of their works in Bali between 1936 and 1939, and by the artists Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet, co-founders in 1936 of the Pita Maha artists' association.

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