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"mooi indie 1882", that meant "indonesian beauty 1882" and was aimed at the painter who only depicted scenery romanticism, beautiful buildings and the life of indigenous people ("mooi indie" is a bahasa indonesian phrase, which translates basically as "beautiful indies"). But if we look a little closer we can also find many examples of mooi indie artists who do not fit this tourist-artist stereotype. There was, for example, a handful of mooi indie artists who were indonesian, most notably abdullah soeriosoebroto (1878-1941) and soekardji (1880-1950) who were all popular within colonial society. However, not all of the European community in the indies held mooi indie art and artists in universally high regard.In fact, many people agreed with the critic who wrote for the magazine de taak in 1917.Even well into the twentieth century, former indonesian president sukarno particularly favoured the work of mooi indie artist. In fact, the introduction to the multi-volume publication illustrati