The development of modern Indonesian painting, is inseparable from the colonial intervention that produces western art. Techniques, coloring, and the flow of European painting, especially the Dutch are much studied by the natives who get access to western education. Thus, in the beginning, modern painting in Indonesia originated from nobles who had greater rights than the commoners. One of the pioneers in the history of modern painting art in Indonesia is Raden Saleh. His various works of romanticism are very close to his experience of studying with western painters. Call it his teacher while he was traveling in the west, the Belgian painter Antonio Payen and the Dutch painters A.Schelfhouf and C.Kruseman in The Hague.
Beginning of modern painting in Indonesia which is an integral part of the development of modern Indonesian art, chronologically can be divided into five periods with one final period of the modern period. Periods of modern Indonesian painting are the Early Pioneering period, the Mooi Indie period, the Persagi period, the Japanese Occupation period, and the Sanggar period. Each period certainly has a different character from each other. Moreover, when associated with the spirit of anti-colonialism. For example, the early pilot period with one of his famous figures Raden Saleh. Raden Saleh's ability to create western-style paintings is certainly a whip that is often proud of the Dutch East Indies at that time that they, especially the Javanese are also not less than the Europeans..
Until now, modern painting in Indonesia continues to grow. Various paintings by the nation's children dare to combine the style of western paintings and native to Indonesia. The result was very unique and distinctive. One of Indonesia's modern art figures is Sindudarsono Sudjojono. He was dubbed as the Father of New Indonesia Painting and was a founder of Persatuan Ahli Gambar Indonesia (Persagi) in Jakarta in 1937. As for, most of the themes raised by modern era painters vary greatly. Themes such as poverty, government injustice, and other abstract themes are commonly found in Indonesia's growing modern painting.
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