SUDJONO ABDULLAH (1911-1993)
Gunung Batok (2,440 m - 8,010 ft)
Indonesia (Java)
In Beternak Bebek (Raising ducks), oil on canvas, 1950, Private collection Indonesia
About the painting
This painting shows a rare view of the volcano's complex around Gunung Bromo on the ancient caldeira of the Tengger volcano of 10 km diameter. Bromo have emerged from this ancient caldeira and also the Batok in front of this view. The highest mountain in back is the Semeru volcano still active at 3,676 m altitude the highest mount of Java.
The volcano
Gunung Batok (2,440 m - 8,010 ft) is a cinder cone located in East Java, Indonesia. This volcano is located between four regencies: Probolinggo Regency, Pasuruan Regency, Lumajang Regency, and Malang Regency. The location of Mount Batok is west from Mount Bromo. This mountain is one of the inactive volcanoes located within the Tengger caldera.
In Javanese, Batok means "coconut shell". The Tenggerese people believe that Mount Batok was formed from a coconut shell which was kicked by Resi Bima, a powerful giant, after failing to fulfill the conditions proposed by Rara Anteng to marry her.
The painter
Raden Soedjono Abdullah was born in Yogyakarta, the son of Abdullah Suriosubroto, a famous landscape painter and was also the brother of Basoeki Abdullah. He used to help his father cleaning the pallet from which he found his way to be a painter. He finished his school from HIS Indonesian Dutch School and worked as a poster artist for the Rex Theater in Yogyakarta. During the Japanese colonization in Indonesia, Sudjono went to Parangtritis, Parangkusumo where he continued to paint. During the 1970s, Soedjono moved to Kertosono in East Java, where he lived up to his death.
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