Mardian (1926-1985)
'Gunung Kidul (Djokja)'
signed with initial M and annotated and dated 'Jogja M 1956' (lower left); signed, dated and titled 'Mardian/1958' (written on the reverse)
oil on canvas, 42x55 cm
Mardian (born 1926, Yogyakarta) is an Indonesian lyrical painter who has been active in the Indonesian art arena since the 1950s. His first solo exhibition took place in 1957 at the Jakarta Cultural Center. After that, he was involved in several group shows. During the revolution (1945-1949), Mardian began studying painting at the Indonesian Painters' Center (PTPI) in Yogyakarta. This organization is known to actively propagate Indonesian independence. There Mardian learned the basics of painting techniques such as sketching and drawing models until he moved to ASRI (Indonesian Art Academy) in 1952 in the same city. On this campus, for only one year, Mardian studied under Trubus Sudarsono, Kusnadi, and Dan Suwaryono. Besides ASRI, Mardian also sharpens his painting technique at the Young Indonesian Artists (SIM) studio under S. Sudjojono, Suromo, and Haryadi S.
Prominent Indonesian art critics such as Trisno Sumardjo said that Mardian stood out for his achievement in processing colour combined with elemental forms. Mardian is an essentialist painter and scarce since few Indonesians were exploring this zone. Therefore, art critics place Mardian in the positions of other essentialist painters such as Rusli, Oesman Effendi, and Salim. They are a squad offering a different aesthetic than Sudjojono's realism school in modern Indonesian art history. Until now, Mardian paintings were discovered pretty infrequently. This happened because, in his lifetime, his works circulated not only in Indonesia. Mardian once said that many of his paintings were bought by the Dutch, Germans, French, Poles, and Americans.
Aminudin Th. Siregar
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'Gunung Kidul (Djokja)'
signed with initial M and annotated and dated 'Jogja M 1956' (lower left); signed, dated and titled 'Mardian/1958' (written on the reverse)
oil on canvas, 42x55 cm
Mardian (born 1926, Yogyakarta) is an Indonesian lyrical painter who has been active in the Indonesian art arena since the 1950s. His first solo exhibition took place in 1957 at the Jakarta Cultural Center. After that, he was involved in several group shows. During the revolution (1945-1949), Mardian began studying painting at the Indonesian Painters' Center (PTPI) in Yogyakarta. This organization is known to actively propagate Indonesian independence. There Mardian learned the basics of painting techniques such as sketching and drawing models until he moved to ASRI (Indonesian Art Academy) in 1952 in the same city. On this campus, for only one year, Mardian studied under Trubus Sudarsono, Kusnadi, and Dan Suwaryono. Besides ASRI, Mardian also sharpens his painting technique at the Young Indonesian Artists (SIM) studio under S. Sudjojono, Suromo, and Haryadi S.
Prominent Indonesian art critics such as Trisno Sumardjo said that Mardian stood out for his achievement in processing colour combined with elemental forms. Mardian is an essentialist painter and scarce since few Indonesians were exploring this zone. Therefore, art critics place Mardian in the positions of other essentialist painters such as Rusli, Oesman Effendi, and Salim. They are a squad offering a different aesthetic than Sudjojono's realism school in modern Indonesian art history. Until now, Mardian paintings were discovered pretty infrequently. This happened because, in his lifetime, his works circulated not only in Indonesia. Mardian once said that many of his paintings were bought by the Dutch, Germans, French, Poles, and Americans.
Aminudin Th. Siregar
