Rare paintings on offer at the Regent<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A rare painting exhibition and auction of
\npriceless artwork from before World War II will be held next week
\nin the Grand Ballroom at The Regent Hotel from Nov.22 to Nov. 24.<\/p>\n
The exhibition and auction, titled The Old Paintings of Pre-
\nWorld War II, will present extraordinary paintings of Indonesian
\nand international artists whose works belong to that period.<\/p>\n
Among the works belonging to A.GA Fine Art's include: Dullah's
\nIbu Kasimah estimated at between US$5,000 and $7,500; Affandi's
\nKuda Tarung (Fighting Horse) estimated at between $12,000 and
\n$17,000; S. Soedjojono's Potret Raden Saleh estimated at between
\n$12,000 and $18,000; and many other works by famous painters.<\/p>\n
The auction will also offer works by the world's most renowned
\npainters, such as Pablo Picasso, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Marc
\nChagall, Vincent van Goh, Amadeo Modigliani, Kees Van Dongen and
\nDiego Rievera, whose works were found in many parts of Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Renoir's Girl with a Flower, estimated to fetch between $1.5
\nmillion and $2 million, was found in a plantation area in
\nSemarang, Central Java. The observation indicates that the old
\npainting seems to be the original work of Renoir.<\/p>\n
Chagall's A Bride's Dream, estimated at between $600,000 and
\n$900,000, was found in the Depok area of West Java. The
\nobservation reveals that this oil painting seems to be the
\npainter's earlier work.<\/p>\n
Rievera's Amazed, estimated to fetch from $40,000 to $60,000,
\nwas found in Cianjur, West Java, while Picasso's El Toro Rosa,
\nestimated to run between $200,000 and $300,000, was found at a
\nflea market.<\/p>\n
Vincent van Gogh's Two Corn Farmers, estimated to fetch
\nbetween $2.5 million and $4 million, was found in Riau, Sumatra.
\nThe observation of this oil painting indicates that this seems to
\nbe the painter's later work.<\/p>\n
Painter and art observer Sulebar M. Soekarman mentioned that
\nwestern paintings reached Indonesia as early as the seventeenth
\ncentury.<\/p>\n
In l902, the Netherlandse-Indische Kunstkring (Netherlands-
\nIndies art circle) was founded in Batavia with great enthusiasm.
\nOther cities in Java and outer provinces followed suit, and the
\nBond van Kunstkringen was established in l916.<\/p>\n
The Bataviasche Kunstkring (Batavia art circle) built a museum
\nthrough the readiness of the industrialist, P.A. Regnault, who
\nwas a manufacturer of paint in the Indies and a collector in the
\nNetherlands, to do for Batavia what was done for the Statdelijk
\nMuseum in Amsterdam: yielding loans of modern paintings.<\/p>\n
From 1934 to l939, Regnault annually sent a group of
\ninteresting paintings, contemporary works of Dutch, Belgian,
\nFrench, Italian and Spanish artists to Batavia, including
\npaintings by Chagall, Picasso, Dufy, van Dongen, Redon, Utrillo,
\nGauguin and Zadkine, Vincent van Gogh.<\/p>\n
When Japanese troops landed in Indonesia, part of the
\ncollection was kept in storage at the Javasche Bank, now Bank
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
The event will be divided into two sections -- the exhibition
\nand auction. The first will be the public exhibition from Nov.23
\nto Nov.24.<\/p>\n
The auction, organized by the Batavia Auctioneer, will be held
\non Nov.24. The first part will take place from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.,
\nand the second from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (raw).<\/p>",
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