Fine painting of four Balinese Women by important Balinese artist, Ida Bagus Made (1915-1999). Executed in monotone blacks and grays on finely textured paper stock. Unframed, unmounted.

Signed below the image in pencil: “Id Bg Md Banjar. Batuan. Bali ” ( Id Bg Md = Ida Bagus Made. Banjar is a District of Batuan). The artists name and location written on the back in pencil.

Circa 1935 - 1945.

This painting is an expressive and intimate view of the cultural history of Bali as the women decorate and dress each other for an important occasion.

Painting (sheet size): 11 1/2" x 13 1/2" (19 cm x 34 cm)

PROVENANCE: Los Angeles estate.

CONDITION: Excellent condition. No damage or restoration.

NOTES / REFERENCES: Ida Bagus Made (1915-1999). (Also known as Ida Bagus Made Poleng, Ida Bagus Made Tebesaya, and Gus Made.) Born in Tebasaya, Ubud, Bali. He was introduced to the arts of painting and carving by his father, Ida Bagus Kembeng (1897-1952), who was an award-winning painter. He later studied painting under the guidance of Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978), a Dutch artist who lived in Ubad for much of his life. Ida Bagus Made was known by the Balinese people as a painter and a ritual specialist who carved sacred masks imbued with magical powers, for the temples of Ubud. When Made was 21 years old, he joined the prestigious Pitamaha Artist Guild, which was founded (in 1936) to protect Balinese art from the threat of tourism and commercialism. With Rudolf Bonnet as a chief consultant, the board members of Pitamaha met regularly to select paintings submitted by its members whose works were deemed to be good enough to be sold in a number or galleries and to be included in exhibitions throughout Indonesia, the Netherlands, and the United States. Before modernization of Balinese art began in the late 1920s, typical Balinese paintings were dark-toned and subject matters focused on indigenous stories (including about magic) and religious and other epic narratives. By the 1930s, new tourist markets stimulated many young Balinese to be involved in new types of art. Although some of the works by Ida Bagus Made were dark-toned and featured figures based on diagrams of Balinese magic, under the influence of Bonnet, he focused on scenes of daily life that had more naturalistic looking figures and scenes with foliage in softer colors. Because Made had a distrust of collectors and galleries, after 1945, he did not exhibit his work very often. In 2000, over 100 paintings from his private collection were loaned to (and retained for safekeeping at) the Puri Lukisan Museum, in Ubad. His works were acquired by other institutions and museums around the world, including the United Nations (New YorkCity), the New York Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the Royal Tropical Institute Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands), and the Royal Ethnographic Museum (Holland, Netherlands). They are highly sought after by collectors.

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