Arie Smit
(Dutch/Indonesian, 1916–2016)
Biography
Arie Smit was a Dutch-Indonesian artist known for his expressive depictions of the tropical landscapes of the island of Bali. Born Adrianus Wilhemus Smit on April 15, 1916 in Zaandam, Netherlands, Smit studied at the Academy of Arts in Rotterdam, Netherlands before joining the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. Spurred by his desire to explore the Indonesian archipelago, Smit met with misfortune as he was captured by Japanese military during World War II. He would spend three years in forced labor, building architecture and civil structures in Burma. After release in 1945, he entered what was now the Republic of Indonesia and subsequently became an Indonesian citizen. He taught lithography at the Institute Teknology Bandung in West Java before moving to Bali in 1956. Immediately enthralled by its nature and culture, and spent the remainder of his life there until his death on March 23, 2016 in Denpasar, Bali. Today, his works can be found among the collections of the Neka Art Museum (where the Arie Smit Pavilion was opened at the Neka Art Museum in 1994), the Penang Museum in Malaysia, and the Museum Bali in Denpasar.
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