Lot 76
LUCIEN FRITS OHL
b. Indonesia, 1904 - d. Hague, 1976
LADY UNDER FLAMBOYANT, Undated
Signed 'L. Frits Ohl' (lower right)
Oil on board
40cm x 60cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Indonesia.
ESTIMATE RM 7,000 - 9,000
PRICE REALISED RM 7,326.80
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Lucien Frits Ohl is a renowned landscape painter notable for recording the magnificent beauty of the Dutch East Indies. Taking center stage is a red blossoming tree in full glory, its shadow extends horizontally across the lushly coloured ground and nearby wall. A small figure is depicted beneath the tree which implies its grand scale. The image is imbued with a warm glow created by the masterful treatment of light, and underlies man’s inseparable relationship with nature.
A self-taught artist, Lucien Frits Ohl lived and worked in Palembang, Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Java until 1954. He then left Indonesia and settled in Hague. He painted in the style of Gerard Pieter Adolfs’ late period. He produced illustrations of Indonesia for JC Hamel’s Soldatendominee (Hague 1948). Among his solo exhibitions were held at Hotel’t Gooo, Jakarta in October 1947, Galerie Loujetzky and Loujelzky Gallery, Hague in 1955 and Galerie Loujetzky, Hague in October 1956. Most of his works are in the collection of the Volkenkundig Nusantara Museum, Delft in Netherlands.
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