BIOGRAPHY
Sindudarsono Sudjojono (1913-1985)
Master of New Indonesian Painting
He was a pioneer art developed a unique modern Indonesian painting. Appropriate course community of artists, dub man named full Sindudarsono Sudjojono Familiar called Pak đơn iini give a degree of Master of indonesian new painting. He was one of the founders of the People of Indonesia Images (Persagi) in year 1937 which is the early history of modern art in Indonesia.
Painter of the birth of Range, North Sumatra, December 14, 1913, this painting is the technique of painting with the results of the weight. He was a teacher for several painters Indonesia. In addition, he has broad knowledge of art. He was the first art critics in Indonesia.
He was a nationalist who shows his personality through the colors and options subject. As art critic, he often criticize as not Basoeki Abdullah nasionalistis, depict women as beautiful and natural. So Pak Basuki đơn and are considered as enemies bebuyutan, like water and fire, since 1935.
But a few months before Mr. đơn died in Jakarta, 25 March 1985, the Ciputra combine Pak Basuki đơn and Affandi in the exhibition together with the Art Market in Ancol, Jakarta. So that P & K Minister Fuad Hassan, when the exhibition together with his third giant painting is an important historical events.
Pak đơn born of the family home transmigrant Java, plantation laborers in the Range, North Sumatra. However, since the age of four years, he became a foster child. Yudhokusumo, a teacher HIS, đơn the small schools, see the ingenuity and bakatnya and lifting as children. Yudhokusumo, kemudianmembawanya to Batavia 1925.
HIS đơn completed in Jakarta. And junior high school in Bandung and Yogyakarta in the Taman Siswa. He also took courses to learn to paint a mechanic before the RM Pirngadie for several months and painter Chioji Yazaki Japan in Jakarta.
In fact even in the first in more prepared to become teachers rather than a painter. He had taught in the Taman Siswa. After graduating at the Teachers College Park Taman Siswa Yogyakarta, he was assigned Ki Hajar Dewantara to open new schools in Rogojampi, Madiun 1931.
However, Sudjojono a talented painter and read a lot about modern European painting, was finally preferred to live as a street painter. In the year 1937, he joined the exhibition with the painter in the European Kunstkring Jakarya, Jakarta. her participation in the exhibition, as he made the initial name as a famous painter.
Together with a number of painters, he founded Persagi (Persatuan Ahli-expert Pictures Australia), 1937. A union which was then regarded as the beginning of the modern art of Indonesia. He had become secretary and spokesman Persagi.
Sudjojono, piawai addition to painting, writing and also lots of talk about the development of modern painting. He recommends and disseminate ideas, views and attitudes about painting, painter, and the role of art in the community in many writings. Thus, the community also gave him a painter predicate: Master of new indonesian painting
Paintings have a characteristic of rough, like scratches and wipe dituang simply to canvass. Objects paintings stand out in the natural, human figures, and the atmosphere. Elections object is more relationship based on spiritual, love, sympathy, and so appear naive. Monumental paintings of, among others, entitled: At Home Open netting, Cap Go Meh, Refugees and Seko.
In a community-cultural art, and then enter đơn Lekra, go PKI. He was selected to represent the party in the parliament. However, in 1957, he was a turncoat. One of the reasons that made him the existence of God is positive, while PKI can not give a positive answer on this matter. In addition to any other reasons that are not also submit the suspected cause of a divorce đơn first wife, Mia Bustam. Then he married again with vocalist seriosa, Rose Pandanwangi. Name this in his wife left him by name in the Sanggar Pandanwangi. From pernikahannya he has 14 children.
In the middle of busy he was, he was diligent exercise. Even at the young, joined in the eleven đơn Muda Indonesia, as the left outside, with Maladi (former minister of light and exercise) as a goalkeeper and painter Rusli right outside.
That đơn since the 1958's painting full of life. He also does not hesitate to receive the order, as a professional and lawful way to get money. Order that, at the same time also is an opportunity to make the exercise form, color and composition.
There are some works that are in the order by him passion. In the order the order of Governor DKI, which depict scenes battle against Sultan Agung, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, 1973. Painting size is 300,310 meters, this is displayed in the Museum DKI Fatahillah.
Professionally, the recipient of Anugerah Seni 1970, enjoy this period he was famous as a famous painter. His works are many people with a very high price in the bureau-auction overseas bureaus. Even after he died on 25 March 1985 in Jakarta, his works are exhibited in several places, among others, in the Festival of India (USA, 1990-1992); Gate Foundation (Amsterdam, Holland, 1993), Singapore Art Museum ( 1994); Center for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1996); ASEAN Masterworks (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1997-1998). ► e-ti/tsl, from various sources.
