The Most Famous
PAINTERS from Indonesia
This page contains a list of the greatest Indonesian Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 2 of which were born in Indonesia. This makes Indonesia the birth place of the 49th most number of Painters behind South Africa, and Philippines.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indonesian Painters of all time. This list of famous Indonesian Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jan Toorop (1858 - 1928)
With an HPI of 59.14, Jan Toorop is the most famous Indonesian Painter. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Johannes Theodorus "Jan" Toorop (20 December 1858 – 3 March 1928) was a Dutch painter who worked in various styles, including Symbolism, Art Nouveau, and Pointillism. His early work was influenced by the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.
2. Raden Saleh (1811 - 1880)
With an HPI of 54.42, Raden Saleh is the 2nd most famous Indonesian Painter. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (Arabic: رادين صالح شريف بوستامن; Rādīn Ṣāliḥ Šarīf Būstāman, Javanese: ꦫꦢꦺꦤ꧀ꦱꦭꦺꦃꦯ꦳ꦫꦶꦥ꦳꧀ꦨꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦩꦤ꧀; EYD: Raden Saleh Syarif Bustaman; c. 1811 – 23 April 1880) was a pioneering Indonesian Romantic painter of Arab-Javanese ethnicity. He was considered to be the first "modern" artist from Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies), and his paintings corresponded with nineteenth-century romanticism which was popular in Europe at the time. He also expressed his cultural roots and inventiveness in his work.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Indonesian painters born between 1811 and 1858. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Indonesian painters include Jan Toorop, and Raden Saleh.
