AFFANDI THE PAINTER

Oleh:Gioliano Putra

expresionism & Romantism

Profile• Affandi (1907 – May 23, 1990)

was an Indonesian artist. Born in Cirebon, West Java, as the son of R. Koesoema, who was a surveyor at a local sugar factory, Affandi finished his upper secondary school in Jakarta.

• He gave up his studies to pursue his desire to become an artist. Beginning in 1934, Affandi began teaching himself how to paint.

• He married Maryati (BW photo), a fellow artist. One of his children, Kartika (Coloured woman photo) also became an artist

Affandi’s Paintings• Affandi is one of the world figures of modern painters in

Indonesia that adheres to the pure expressionism, but at first Affandi’s career shows his artworks in photographic realist painting which means that his painting is like a picture taken from a camera.

• Affandi is a figure who did not discriminate ethnicity, nor origin. Affandi is known as an ordinary painter. Affandi is Affandi, he did not philosophize in his paintings, although he painted beggars, homeless people or himself. Affandi simply described the life itself. His ideas and objects were interrelated and he always explored his paintings objects before he painted them.

• In the period of 1960s till the end of his life Affandi applied a technique by directly squeezing the paint from its tube to the canvas. He discovered this technique by accident, when completing his painting, suddenly his brush was broken so to keep on painting, Affandi squeezed the paint directly from its tube to the canvas, then used the back of his hand to produce the curvy lines. It is reflecting a mixture of instinct, sense, and awareness towards his objects.

• Affandi placed his creativity on the gratification of the emotions and instincts to create the beauty that developed in the creation process took place spontaneously in accordance with the objects and his atmosphere and the feeling at that time.

Family• Affandi has two wives. The

only child from his first marriage, Kartika, has become a painter herself.

• A few years back, the artist took a second wife, who has borne him three children: Rukmini, Juki, Didit.

• One of his more memorable paintings shows him nude, holding a newborn grandchild, under a blue sky filled with stars.

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Museum• In Yogyakarta, where he has lived since 1945,

Affandi designed for himself a free-form house that has become a stopping place for tourists as well as tourists visiting the old town. The place also functions as a museum to display his paintings. The museum has around 250 of Affandi's paintings.

• Regrettably, the high air humidity and temperature are causing concerns about the condition of the paintings. The Affandi Foundation, who manages the museum, finds it difficult to manage the museum properly, due to a lack of funds and revenue.

• Before his death, 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."

• Affandi died on May 23, 1990, after suffering a complication of illnesses. He is now buried in the museum complex, as he wished to always be surrounded by his family and his works.

Sumber

http://www.affandi.org/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affandi

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