Johan Rudolf Bonnet (30 March 1895, Amsterdam - 18 April 1978, Laren); Dutch artist who lived much of his life in the town of Ubud on Bali, Indonesia. He was born into a Dutch Huguenot-descended family who had been bakers for many generations. He attended the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Bonnet) ...Soon after finishing the art academy he left the Netherlands to go to Italy, where he stayed several years in Anticoli Corrado, south of Rome. In Rome he met the Dutch artist W.O.J.Nieuwenkamp, drawer of pendrawings of Balinese village life and culture. Bonnet was excited and boarded in 1928 the steamer Jan Pieterszoon Coen, bound for the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). After several stopovers, including in Nias, he arrived in Bali in 1929. Bonnet fell in love with the island, the local population and Balinese art, and would remain here for most of his life. The first Balinese art Bonnet encountered was what is now called ‘traditional Balinese art’, the production of which was centered in Kamasan, close to Klungkung. Signs of change were already evident. Local artists came in contact with new concepts and styles through the increasing number of tourists visiting the island and the growing number of musicians and anthropologists keen to do research in Bali. In the 1930s, the changes to Balinese visual arts rapidly accelerated. Bonnet lived in Ubud and observed how traditional painting, which depicted religious episodes in a two-dimensional wayang (puppet) style, was gradually falling into disuse. Artists started seeking subjects in their surroundings and in local folklore and legends. A new, ‘modern’ style of painting was born, executed with new techniques and materials. ‘A new branch from an old trunk’. (Stutterheim). In Ubud Bonnet became a close friend of the Prince of Ubud, Tjokorda Gde Agung Sukawati (1910-1979), a strong.... (http://www.rudolfbonnetfoundation.com/index.php/en/rudolf-bonnet/biography) undefined

More on Google