Basuki abdullah biography of mahatma

  • Born on Jan. 27, 1915, in Surakarta, Central Java, Basoeki was the grandson of national hero Wahidin Sudirohusodo.
  • ĀBasuki Abdullah (Surakarta, Central Java 25 January 1915 – Jakarta, 5 November 1993) was an Indonesian painter and a convert to Roman Catholicism from Islam.
  • Basoeki Abdullah was part of the first wave of Indonesian artists who seamlessly paired local motifs with Western art traditions.

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    TheJakartaPost

    The Basoeki Abdullah Museum in South Jakarta was where the Indonesian maestro painter was murdered on Nov. 5, 1993.

    Before opening its door to the public in 2001, the museum was Basoeki’s private house where the 78-year-old fell victim to a burglar who happened to be his gardener. The painter was beaten to death when he tried to stop his employee from stealing a collection of expensive watches.

    The watches and a blood-stained pajama and glasses that the renowned artist was wearing at the time of the tragedy are on display in the museum, which is home to 720 paintings and 123 works of art he had collected throughout his life.

    After his death, Basoeki is still admired for his beautiful landscape paintings of Indonesia’s nature and portrait paintings of important public figures across the globe, from Indonesia’s first president Sukarno to India’s Mahatma Gandhi.

    “There are no other painters like Basoeki Abdullah,” the National Gallery’s former head, Tubagus Sukmana, said.

    The museum, which turns 17 this year, is displaying Basoeki’s paintings in an exhibition titled “Spirit Potret” (the Spirit of Portrait), which runs until Thursday.

    Prior to the event, his paintings that were collected by the count

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    Basoeki Abdullah is one of the maestro of Indonesian painters. He was in Surakarta, on January 25, 1915 and died 5 November 1993 at the age of 78 years. He is known as a realist and naturalist painters. He has been appointed as the official painter Merdeka Palace in Jakarta and works adorn the Indonesian presidential palace and the state, his works are also collection by collectors from around the world.

    Painting talent inherited from his father, Abdullah Suriosubroto, who is also a painter and dancer. Since the age of 4 years Basuki Abdullah began likes to paint some famous figures including Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Jesus Christ and Krishnamurti.

    Abdullah Basoeki famous as a portrait painter, especially painting beautiful women, the royal family and heads of state that tends to beautify or embellish a person than the original face. Aside from being an accomplished portrait painter, he too painted landscapes, fauna, flora, the themes of struggle, construction and so on. Here are some paintings Basuki Abdullah, the most popular:

    1. Dr. Ir. Sukarno (Soekarno)

    Dr. Ir. Sukarno (Soekarno)


    2. Mother and Child

    Mother and Child


    3. Cremation Ceremony in Bali

    Cremation ceremony in Bali


    4. Women Spain

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    BASOEKI ABDULLAH ( 1915-1993)

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      Bring into being Permandangan Gunung Bromo, 1949, oil be bothered canvas, Basoeki Abdullah Museum 

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