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Lot 793

SIGNED ARIE SMIT (1916-2006)

Estimated Value:

8.000 € - 12.000 €

Schätzpreis:

8.000 €

Description:

Indonesia, dated (19)76
64 x 49 cm, R.
Forest landscape and two figures carrying offerings. Acrylic on canvas, carved wooden frame. Bottom right signed "arit Smit", "BALI", "76".
Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate
Arie Smit/ Adrianus Wilhelmus Smit (1916-2016) was a Dutch-born Indonesian painter who lived on Bali. He visited Bali in 1956 and was captured by the Balinese landscapes in its 'riotous light', and soon decided to stay to depict its villages, rice terraces, palm trees and temples