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It was natural for Bali artist to notice the talents of Spies and Bonnet, who in turn urged some of the local Bali painters to use broader themes and encouraged them to paint with more freedom. While very few Balinese artists were directly tauht these new aesthetic concepts, other Bali artists simply copied what they saw and like which was a tradition in the Bali culture. Most of them turned to themes already familiar to them in traditional astrological charts and earthquake almanacs, using the Bali agricultural scenes as ideas for the new genre style of painting. These were compositions free of religious or ceremonial value.

Although the new paintings were innovative, the beauty of the lines and the strength of style and focus clearly show connections to Balinese culture because the artists did not completely abandon their traditional methods of painting. They used tempera and watercolors, and later oil and acrylic paints became popular. Some of the common themes were of farmers in ricefields, women at marketplaces, religious ceremonies, and Bali musican & dancer. The traditional Bali painting artists also found a ready market for their works by supplying tourist demands for Bali souvenirs.

Bali Painter
Ida Bagus Made Poleng (1915...., Tebesaya, Gianyar, Bali), better known as Ida Bagus Made, first learned painting from his father, Ida Bagus Made Kembeng (1897-1952), a Pitamaha artist's association member who won the Argent Certificate of Merit and a Silver Medal at the 1937 International Exposition in Paris, France. Poleng also was a member of Pitamaha. Some of his works featured figures based on diagrams of Balinese magic. Under the influence of Rudolf Bonnet (Dutch, 1895-1978), he focused instead on scenes of daily life with more naturalistic looking figures and foliage in softer colors.