Classes of painters

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First class painters include I Bagus Made, Sobart, Kobot, I. B. Nadra, and Lempad. I Bagus Made: Sixty-years-old, looks like a Balinese farmer with tobacco-stained teeth, was trained by Bonnet. You'll never find his. paintings in an art gallery. His simple house is located under bamboo trees behind Oka Kartini's in Ubud. Eccentric and very uncomplicated, money doesn't impress him. Some paintings of his are US$5000 and others are just 'not for sale'. Leave your guide behind; he doesn't like guides because he has to pay part of their percentage. Sobart: Lives in Padangtegal, Ubud. Specializes in market scenes. Is more business minded than I Bagus Made. During the 1930's Sobart headed a group of painters in an association called Pithamaha. These artists were the first to execute paintings on any subject matter, not only on religious myth and legends. This group brought about the secularization of painting on Bali. Kobot: In Pengosekan, a village down the Monkey Forest road. This artist does paintings of harvests and paddy fields. I. B. Nadra: Another senior painter living near Tegallingga. He likes to paint Barong ' dances, prefering larger paintings. Lempad: Died in 1979. His paintings are like a sketch; done only in black and white; little detail. Paints on paper. His son sometimes copies his paintings to sell. second class: Barwo and Turun-young men, but already producing good quality paintings. third class: Sadia and Atjin. fourth class: Includes the Young Artists, a term which doesn't mean that the artists are actually young, but refers to a recent style only, started in 1961 by the Dutchman Harry Smit who now lives in Denpasar. This style centers around Ubud and Penestanan. For something unusual that depicts quite a cross section of Balinese culture, Balinese calendars show daily scenes: a farmer plowing his fields, women going off to the market, rice harvestings, offerings placed at shrines, etc.; Rp 500-1500.

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