Bali Painting Artist I Nyoman Gunarsa Museum of Classical Balinese Painting Onwner

I Nyoman Gunarsa (1944, Banda, Klungkung, Bali) is a graduate of the Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia (ASRI, Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts) in Yogyakarta, Central Java, where he also was a lecturer for many years. In 1970 he helped establish Sanggar Dewata Indonesia (Superior Indonesian Art Studio) for contemporary Indonesian art. Gunarsa was an invited artist for the "Art of Bali" exhibition at the East-West Centre in Honolulu, Haeaii, in 1988. He established the Museum Seni Lukis Kotemporer Indonesia (Museum of Contemporary Indonesian Painting) in Yogyakarta in 1989 and the Museum Seni Lukis Klasik Bali (Museum of Classical Balinese Painting) in Klungkung in 1994.

Gunarsa expressionistic style works feature offeirng, dancers, and wayang (Balinese puppets). Award: Dharma Kusuma (Bali, 1994). Collections: Museum Nasional (Jakarta, Indonesia), East-West Centre (Honolulu, Hawaii). Exhibitions: British Council (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1971), Iternational Young Artists (New York, U.S.A., 1973), East-West Centre (Honolulu, 1988), Festival of Indonesia (U.S.A., 1990-1992), Gate Foundation (Amsterdam, Holland, 1993), Singapore Art Museum (1994), Museum Nasinal (Jakarta, 1995), Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta, 1996), Indonesia-Japan Friendship Festival (Morioka, Tokyo, 1997)

W.G. Hofker, Born: Amsterdam, Holland 1902
He was in Bali from 1938 to 1944. Most of Hofker works done on this period. His paintings are very refined and smooth, also very poetic. He painted villages, temples and religious life of the island, and especially has focus on the people of Bali. He died in 1981.

His paintings displayed at ARMA and Neka Museum Ubud.