Until the start of the 20th century, the dominant form of painting was the portrayal of Hindu epics by painters and illustrators called 'Sangging'. Aside from making large reprentational paintings, the 'Sangging were expected to decorate everything from gourds, wooden altars, bamboo vessels, headboards for princely bed chambers and in particular, there were expected to illustrate astrological wall hangings on bank paper or cloth. It wasn't until the early 1900s that western influences reached Bali. The use of Asian symbols in the works of among others, Paul Gauguin, Toulouse Lautrec and Camille Pissaro, created a new trend for Asian influenced art and for European painters to move to Bali. Ubud's fame regarding art can be traced down to the arrival of the German painter Walter Spies and the Dutch Rudolf Bonnet.
There now is a wide range of different styles!
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Dance Painting |
Influenced by the western use of perspective and everyday life subject matter, the Ubud style is one of the most 'expressionistic' of all Bali's scools. Despite this, Ubud's art still retains many traditional features, including attention to detail and stylish characters.
Batuan Style
Strongly wayang based (puppet). This style involves hundreds of intricately panted representations of Balinese life, filling every available nook and cranny of the canvas.
Keliki Style.
Keliki paintings measure 20cm by 15cm. They contain scenes of mythical and Ramayanic caracters engaged in battle, good versus evil, on sinister backgrounds.
Pengosekan Style
From this village, on the outskirts of Ubud, a new style sprang up during the 1960s. It concentrated on just a few natural components, such as birds, insects, butterflies and plants.
Source by Bali - Plus
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