
Name:
Affandi (1907 – May 23, 1990)
Place of birth:
Cirebon, West Java.
Art Form: Expressionism - Finished his
upper secondary school in Jakarta, but he
forsook his study for the desire to become an
artist.
- Taught himself how to paint since
1 9 3 4.1950s:- Create
expressionistic paintings.
- Paints directly;
squeezing paint out of tube.
- Techinque by
accident.
- Intended
to draw a line one day.
- Lost
patience when he sought for missing pencil
- Applied the
paint directly from tube
-
Resulting effect = painting object
appeared more alive.
- More freedom
to express his feelings when he used his own hands.
- Acknowledged similarities:
Vincent van Gogh1952:
- Displated works in biennale in
Brazil & India
1954:
- Art works in
Venice & won award therein.
1956:
- Art works in
Sao Paolo
1957:
- Received scholarship from
USA government, study methods of arts education.
- Appointed Honorary Professor in Painting,
Ohio State University in Columbus (USA)
1974:
- Received Honorary doctorate from
University of Singapore1977:- Peace award from
Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation- Title of
Grand Maestro in Florence (Italy)
Museum:- On bank of
Gajah Wong River on Solo Street in
Yogyakarta
- Affandi designed and constructed a home for himself.
- Functions as
museum to display his paintings.
- Uniquely constructed, roof resembles a
banana leaf.
-
250 of Affandi’s paintings.
- High air humidity and temperature are causing
concerns about condition of paintings.
- The Affandi Foundation, manages the museum, finds it
difficult to manage museum properly, due to lack of
funds and revenue.
Before passing away, Affandi spent a lot of time sitting around in his own museum, observing his paintings.
He said once:
“I want to die in simplicity without giving anyone unnecessary trouble, so I could go home to Him in peace.”
Buried in the museum complex, as he wished to always be surrounded by his family and his works.
Some of his artworks:
"Pohon Beringing"

"Self-portrait"

"Kuda Putih"
As depicted from above, most of his artworks are impressive due to his strokes that are "swirly". He tends to use warm colors like yellow, orange and also ochre colors. Quoted, he claims that most of his artworks are "lively" which explains the technique of his.