Affandi Koesoema was a great Indonesian artist. His paintings shows a lot of expressionism and romantism style, inspite of his early works on realism. Nowadays his style was inherited to his daughter, Kartika. His works can be found in his museum located in Yogyakarta.

1. AFFANDI THE PAINTER
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expresionism & Romantism

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.
RUBIYEM

5. 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.

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

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