Raden Saleh (1807-1880) , who was the first Indonesian artist to triumph in western painting and who is revered as the
Grandfather of Indonesian painting, those that he did create do often feature the same kind of dominant.
"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") .
The fact that the primary consumers of Mooi Indie paintings were Europeans is one of the key nails in the coffin of its
Reputation; post-colonial discourse rarely champions the interests, or the aesthetics, of the oppressors.
Thus the triviality and deficiencies of the Mooi Indie style would seem to be confirmed by the fact that European tourists,
Factory-owners, and employees of the