Artists remember painter Raden Saleh

BOGOR: Around 50 painters from Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung and Banten gathered at the Bogor Botanical Gardens over the weekend to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the death of renowned painter Raden Saleh Syarief Bustamana.

Organizing committee chairman Ibrahim Basalmah told the artists at Saturday's gathering to paint scenes that could be seen from the gardens, including the Bogor Palace and the Olivia Marimne Raffles Monument.

He said the paintings would be exhibited during the anniversary celebration of the Botanical Gardens in May and of the Bogor municipality in June. --JP