Pictures from the tropics: Paintings by Western Artists during the Dutch Colonial Period in Indonesia Art deco Batik also saw a drastic

Batik also saw a drastic change as if it followed that revolution

The edges are bound with thin bamboo cord

Thomas Adi Sukmaji

relates the details of painter Hendra Gunawan's journey from era to era

Pictures from the tropics: Paintings by Western Artists during the Dutch Colonial Period in Indonesia Art deco Batik also saw a drasticThis lavishly illustrated book was published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, which took place from February 16th 1998 to January 1999. Pictures from the Tropics presents four centuries of painting in the former Netherlands East Indies. By way of the most important works now in the Dutch public domain, an entirely new survey, partly based on the latest art historical research, has been created. Marie Odette