Maria Tjui (b. Pariaman, W. Sumatra, 1934) Bali Market

Maria Tjui is known as one of Indonesia's great female painters with an elegant style of painting but daring to play with color. She found a match with impressionist, and expressionist styles. She painted life in small communities such as farmers, fishermen, and markets. Maria Tjui's skill in making paintings, is very much like Affandi’s, the teacher she admires. Her style is very similar to Affandi's painting style. She also applied wet paints and also paints from tubes using a brush to create her expressionistic forms. Some of Maria Tjui's painting techniques are similar, but in fact she has her own character. Her strokes appear almost as dynamically linear as Affandi’s, but her linear use of wet paints mark her unique signature style. This painting comes from the collection of the late a famous Indonesian lawyer. Her eclectic collection consist of artworks by various Indonesian artists, ranging from the more laid back, humorous artists, like Faizal and Ade Artie Tjakra, to the more serious, senior artists, like Dolorosa Sinaga, Maria Tjui, Amrus Natalsya, Soetopo, Jeihan Sukmantoro, and Sudarso.
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 100 x 100 cm
Signature: signed and dated (lower right):”Maria Tjui 2010”