Symon - actually Bierl, Simon, 1947 Michigan -... Lot 1324

Symon - actually Bierl, Simon, 1947 Michigan - 2020, "Totemic De Tempat Manyu" (Totem of the Bathing Place), oil/canvas, strong, in places strongly impastoed application of paint, three young Blaineses observe a woman washing herself at the bathing place, they are frightened by ghostly apparitions, the expressive picture gives an idea of the wild and mysterious sides of Bali and its inhabitants, signed lower left, dated lower right (19)95, titled on the reverse, approx. 84x121cm, frame, ca. 97x133cm. Bierl was resident in Ubud/Bali since 1978, the American painter studied in Detroit, he traveled through America and Europe, he lived 1969-1996 in Nepal, since 1978 in Ubud/Balik where he made a name for himself, he maintained close contact with locals whose language he spoke, he mainly painted Balinese motifs in large formats and intense colors. Literature: Internet