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The museum
The museum holds Balinese painting and wood carving from the 1930s on
The Puri Lukisan Museum in Ubud specializes in traditional and modern Balinese painting and wood carving. Its collection runs from the 1930s onwards and represents the Sanur, Batuan, Ubud, Young Artist and Keliki schools.
Four buildings
Four buildings hold the paintings, an estate and the puppets
Building I, the Pitamaha Gallery, houses pre-war Balinese paintings from 1930 to 1945 and the Lempad collection. Building II is the Ida Bagus Made Gallery, Building III the Wayang Gallery, and Building IV the Founders Gallery.
Paris
A painting by Ida Bagus Gelgel won a silver medal in Paris in 1937
Ida Bagus Gelgel grew up in Kamasan, far from direct western influence. In 1937 one of his paintings won a silver medal at the International Colonial Art Exhibition in Paris. The Priest Dharmaswami tells of a priest who rescued a monkey, a snake and a tiger from a well.
Lempad
Lempad drew the Dream of Dharmawangsa in his own linear style
I Gusti Nyoman Lempad worked in painting, sculpture and architecture, and was friends with foreign artists in Bali, including Rudolf Bonnet and Walter Spies. He designed parts of the museum. His drawing, the Dream of Dharmawangsa, is one of its masterpieces.
Nyana
Ida Bagus Nyana carved the Goddess Pertiwi with spidery legs
Ida Bagus Nyana was a wood sculptor and dancer, known for impressionistic, elongated woodcarvings. His sculpture of the Goddess Pertiwi, Mother Earth, has spidery legs and a coiled serpent.
Day 3, midday
It comes after Campuhan Ridge Walk. Then Goa Gajah.
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