Anak (Child), 1951

Oil on canvas
50 x 66 cm
Collection of Galeri Nasional Indonesia



 

About the Artist

Rusli departed for India to study medicine, but he returned to Indonesia as an arts graduate. At the Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, he studied painting, sculpture, and eastern philosophy. This education prepared him for various roles in the arts. Starting as a illustration teacher at Taman Siswa (Garden of Students), Rusli, who was born in Medan (North Sumatra), took on the role of the head of Seniman Indonesia Muda (Young Indonesian Artists), at the Yogyakarta Branch between 1947-48, and the deputy head of the International Association of Plastic Arts UNESCO in 1960, and as one of the first members of the Akademi Jakarta (Jakarta Academy) in 1970. As an artist, he is known for being one of the pioneers of abstract painting in Indonesia.

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