Rice paddy landscape Java Indonesia Abdullah Suriosubroto

Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 34.5 cm X 95 cm. Signed bottom left: adbullah. Landscape of rice fields - java - indonesia. Abdullah suriosubroto - soerjosoebroto- surjoebroto. (1879 semarang, jawa barat - 1941 yogyakarta) Indonesian painter. Painted mainly indonesian landscapes. He is the adopted son of dr. Wahidin sudirohusodo, a prominent figure in the indonesian national movement and founder of boedi oetomo. The netherlands. Following in the footsteps of his adoptive father, abdullah entered the batavia medical school (now jakarta). He then continued his studies in the netherlands. There he turned to the art of painting and entered art school. Indonesia. Upon his return to indonesia after studying art in the netherlands, abdullah continued his career as a painter.  in particular, he participated in a graphic collaboration with the magazine bandera wollanda, the "dutch flag" in the colonizer's control. Abdullah is considered the first indonesian painter in the 20th century, in romantic style. In addition, it is included in an artistic movement nicknamed "mooi indie" which can be translated as "beautiful indies". He presented several exhibitions in galleries and museums, notably at art: 1. It is also known that he stayed several years in bandung to be close to the nature he liked to paint.