ERNEST DEZENTJé
Jakarta, 1885 – 1972
Pelabuan Ratu, 1936
Oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm
Signed and dated “Ern. Dezentijé 1936” on the lower left corner.
Provenance: acquired before 1975.
Ernest Dezentjé who was born in a French origins’ family in Jatinegara, Jakarta, in 1885. A self-taught artist, he is considered a leading member of the early “Indonesian School” of painting. Member of the Bataviasche Kunstkring, he had numerous collective and solo exhibitions in Jakarta, becoming an Indonesian citizen after the War World II.