www.sandikala.com is an Internet based art gallery that offers exclusively in original art and crafts from Bali, Indonesia. The gallery showcases fine art and crafts done by skilled Balinese artists and craftsmen.

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We ship worldwide and offer free shipping up to 5 items amd 50% shipping discount for 3.

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Unveiling the Mystic Paintings from Bali

Prior to 1920's, Balinese traditional paintings were restricted to two styles - Kamasan and Wayang, originated from Hindu-Javanese epics. Paintings were drawn on cloth or bark paper with natural dyes in red, ochre, black, etc. The rendering of the figures and ornamentation's must follow strictly prescribed rules, since they were mostly produced for religious articles and temple hangings.
In the 1920's, with the arrival of many western artists, Bali became an artist enclave for avant-garde artists like Walter Spies (German), Rudolf Bonnet (Dutch), Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur (Belgian), Arie Smit (Dutch) and Donald Friend (Australian). These artists played influential roles in changing the art forms in Bali, mainly in Ubud.
Inspired by the works by Spies and Bonnet, who were credited for the modernization of traditional Balinese paintings, the paintings by Balinese artists were infused with European flavors.
In the 1930's, one of the noted artists from Mexico, Miguel Covarrubias, found a major "liberating revolution" in Balinese art where local artists began to produce scenes from rural life like work in the rice fields, shopping in the marketplace, and bathing. The local painters developed increasing individuality, which was referred to as the Ubud style.

The groundbreaking period of creativity reached its peak in the late 1930's. The result was an explosion of individual expression that leads to the birth of the neo-traditional Balinese painting. The schools of neo-traditional Balinese painting include: Ubud, Batuan, Sanur, Young Artist and Keliki schools of painting.
Today, Bali is home to a number of outstanding art museums found in Nusa Dua, Ubud, and Klungkung. Arguably the world's largest artists' colony, innumerable galleries and private studios can be found almost everywhere on the island.

Here is the Sandikala Painting Gallery which includes various kinds of paintings by talented artists on the island.
Please visit as well our website at www.sandikala.com for more original art and crafts from Bali.

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