Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès (1880-1958)
Ni Pollok
Signed lower right and dated 24/7 1937 on the reverse
Mixed media on paper, in the original frame, H. 25 x W. 19.5 cm
Le Mayeur, born and trained in Brussels, settled in Bali in 1932. There he painted mainly one person: Ni Nyoman Pollok, a Legong dancer famous for her beauty and dance throughout the Indonesian archipelago, whom Le Mayeur married in 1935. In his early paintings of Ni Pollok, she is sometimes accompanied by her nieces and situated in their garden at Sanur, Bali. These can be considered highlights of Indonesian impressionism and are of international art historical importance. In 1958 Le Mayeur returned to Brussels, where he died that same year.
Provenance:
Leendert Daniel Eerland (1897-1977), a professor of surgery, was active as a medical doctor in Bali and Java between 1932 and 1937. He became a friend of Le Mayeur and received this painting as a farewell gift on his return to the Netherlands on 24/7 1937.
Signed lower right and dated 24/7 1937 on the reverse
Mixed media on paper, in the original frame, H. 25 x W. 19.5 cm
Le Mayeur, born and trained in Brussels, settled in Bali in 1932. There he painted mainly one person: Ni Nyoman Pollok, a Legong dancer famous for her beauty and dance throughout the Indonesian archipelago, whom Le Mayeur married in 1935. In his early paintings of Ni Pollok, she is sometimes accompanied by her nieces and situated in their garden at Sanur, Bali. These can be considered highlights of Indonesian impressionism and are of international art historical importance. In 1958 Le Mayeur returned to Brussels, where he died that same year.
Provenance:
Leendert Daniel Eerland (1897-1977), a professor of surgery, was active as a medical doctor in Bali and Java between 1932 and 1937. He became a friend of Le Mayeur and received this painting as a farewell gift on his return to the Netherlands on 24/7 1937.
Part of the Indonesian Archipelago collection.
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