I Ketut Gedé was a Balinese

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from the village of

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, active at the end of the 19th century. __NOTOC__

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He is best known for his illustrations of mythological

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tales such as the ''

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''. He produced numerous paintings for

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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 ''

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'', first book of the ''

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''. File:Smaradahana (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , Scene from the '' Smaradahana'', poem in Kawi. File:Ramayana 1 (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , Scene from the ''

''. File:Ramayana 2 (I Ketut Gedé).jpg , Scene from the ''Ramayana''.

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