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Affandi

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  • Fresco of the Preaching Buddha at the Wet-kyi-in, Gu-byauk-gyi, Pagan, c. 1113.
    Southeast Asian arts
    / Java: 20th and 21st centuries

    …social themes were the painters Affandi and Hendra Gunawan. Affandi, the first Southeast Asian artist to achieve a worldwide reputation, is considered the father of modern painting in Indonesia. His Expressionist style of portraiture is characterized by a thick impasto built up of paint applied with his fingers. Gunawan painted…

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    …social themes were the painters Affandi and Hendra Gunawan. Affandi, the first Southeast Asian artist to achieve a worldwide reputation, is considered the father of modern painting in Indonesia. His Expressionist style of portraiture is characterized by a thick impasto built up of paint applied with his fingers. Gunawan painted…

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