I Ketut Gedé is a
Balinese painter from the village of
Singaraja
Singaraja is a port town in northern Bali, Indonesia, which serves as the seat of Buleleng Regency. The name is Indonesian for "Lion King" (from Tamil ''singam'' and ''raja''). It is just east of Lovina, and is also the centre of Buleleng Distric ...
, active at the end of the 19th century.
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Works
He is best known for his illustrations of mythological
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
tales such as the ''
Ramayana
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...
''.
He produced numerous paintings for
Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk
Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk (23 February 1824 – 17 August 1894) was a Bible translator and linguist specialising in the languages of the Dutch East Indies.
Early years and studies
Van der Tuuk was born in Malacca (part of the Dutch Eas ...
in the 1880s and 1890s, and from 1905 onwards for
W. O. J. Nieuwenkamp, who considered him to be the best classical painter of his time.
File:Bedawang Nala (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , , the mythical turtle carrying the world.
File:Singa Barwang (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , Singa Barwang, a winged lion.
File:Adiparwa (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , Scene from the '' Adi Parva'', first book of the ''Mahabharata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the s ...
''.
File:Smaradahana (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , Scene from the ''Smaradahana
''Smaradahana'', also known as ''Smaradhana'', ''Asmaradhana'', ''Asmaradahana'', ''Asmaradana'', ''Asmarandhana'' or ''Asmarandana'' is an old Javanese poem (''kakawin'') written by Mpu Dharmaja as the eulogy for King Kameçvara of Kediri in ea ...
'', poem in Kawi.
File:Ramayana 1 (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , Scene from the ''Ramayana
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...
''.
File:Ramayana 2 (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , Scene from the ''Ramayana''.
References
See also
Bibliography
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Balinese culture
Indonesian painters
19th-century painters
Religious painters
Mythological painters
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