ARJUNO-WELIRANG TWIN VOLCANO BY ARTHUR ELAND

ARTHUR ELAND (1884-1948)

Arjuno-Welirang twin volcano 

(3,339 m - 10,955 ft for Arjuno)

(3,156 m -10,354 ft for Welirang)

Indonesia (Java)

The  volcano
Arjuno-Welirang (3,339 m - 10,955 ft for Arjuno and 3,156 m (10,354 ft fot Welirang) is a twin stratovolcano (the 'twins' being mount Arjuno and mount Welirang) in the province of East Java on Java, Indonesia.  Twins volcanoes are quite common aroud earth.

Mount Arjuno-Welirang lies about 50 kilometers (31 mi) south of Surabaya, and 20 kilometers (12 mi) north of Malang. 

There is at least one other stratovolcano in the area, and there are around 10 pyroclastic cones nearby.  They are located in a 6 km line between Arjuno and Welirang. The Arjuno-Welirang volcanic complex itself lies in the older two volcanoes, Mount Ringgit to the east and Mount Linting to the south. The summit lacks vegetation. Fumarolic areas with sulfur deposits are found in several locations on Welirang.
The name Arjuno is Javanese rendition of Arjuna, a hero in Mahabharata epic, while Welirang is Javanese word for sulfur.
A 1950 eruption had a VEI=2. There was an explosive eruption. Another eruption occurred two years later in 1952. This eruption had a VEI=0.

The painter 

There is not much biographical information about Arthur Eland, except that he was Leo Eland's twin brother. These two Dutch  brothers were born in 1884 in the Dutch East Indies on Java in Salatiga. After the death of Arthur and since the 1970s many of his canvases and watercolors representing large Indonesian volcanic landscapes have gone into auctions especially at Christie's and have acquired unmistakable market value. Christie's classified him after the colonial impressionist painters
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