Lot 098
Popo Iskandar
b. Indonesia, 1927 - d. 2000
Untitled, 1997
signed and dated ‘popo ‘97’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
80 x 100cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur
ESTIMATE RM 30,000 – 55,000
PRICE REALISED RM 23,800.00
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Popo Iskandar started painting cats and leopards in early 1980s. His menagerie included roosters and tigers. Popo studied at the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1958, and lectured there until 1961, where he started working at the Indonesia Education University (formerly IKIP Bandung) until 1993. In 1943, he learnt the finer points from Hendra Gunawan and Barli Sasmintawinata, at the Keimin Bunka Shidoso. In 1980, he was given the Anugerah Seni by the Indonesian Government. Popo had held solos in The Hague and Leiden in Holland and was also an art critic and writer. He had worked as a poster painter for the Information Service of the Indonesian Students Armed Forces in 1945. Popo is one of the important senior Indonesian artists. |
