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Garden of the East

Published 27 August 2014

Garden of the East: photography in Indonesia 1850s–1940s offers the chance to see images from the last century of colonial rule in the former Dutch East Indies. It includes over two hundred photographs, albums and illustrated books from the Gallery's extensive collection of photographic art from our nearest Asian neighbour.


Featured Works of Art


Herman Salzwedel

Tosari
1879

André Roosevelt

not titled [two Balinese women with offerings on their heads descending temple steps]
1928

unknown photographer

not titled [Indonesian woman and two European infants]
c. 1920

unknown photographer

not titled [riverside tableaux, Javanese woman,man paddling boat, man with baby]
c. 1898

First Nations /  Video

Judy Watson ‘Canyon’

Published 2016

K. T. Satake

Women on road in Bali
c. 1928

Art & Artists


Referenced

Frank Hurley

Ruins of the Temple at Boro-Budur, Java
1913

Kassian Céphas

not titled [male court dancers]
c. 1880-1905

André Roosevelt

Balinese dancers
1928

Herman Salzwedel

Tosari
1879

Herman Salzwedel

Tosari
c. 1879

unknown photographer

not titled [Berg family and friends]
1911

unknown photographer

not titled [ceremony with troops and young indigenous Timorese boy performers]
c1905-1910

unknown photographer

Sultan of Soerakarta and family
1930

Charles J. Kleingrothe, Herman Stafhell

Sumatra album
c. 1900

unknown photographer

not titled [riverside tableaux, Javanese woman,man paddling boat, man with baby]
c. 1898

Foto Atelier Tong Sing

Boy in sailor suit with toy dog
c. 1920s

K. T. Satake

Women on road in Bali
c. 1928

unknown photographer

not titled [woman from Buitenzorg]
c1890

Atelier O Kurkdjian

Kawa Idjen [photographer at volcano pool]
c. 1921

Walter B. Woodbury

River scene, Java
before 1875

Walter B. Woodbury

Serimpies, or dancing girls of the Sultano
c. 1858

unknown photographer

not titled [Indonesian woman and two European infants]
c. 1920

Kassian Céphas

Not titled [Young Javanese woman, probably in Jakarta]
c. 1885

Kassian Céphas

not titled [man carrying two bundles of sticks]
c. 1888-92

Kassian Céphas

not titled [portrait of two men seated]
c. 1880

Kassian Céphas

not titled [man standing under arch]
1872

Kassian Céphas

Borobudur
c. 1890

George P. Lewis

Plaatwerkerij en rechts smederij; gezien richting West-Oost [Sheet metal workshop and right forge seen from west-east]
1902

George P. Lewis, N.V. Photografisch Atelier Kurkdjian Soerabaja Java

Kapoek klaar voor de markt [Girl in cotton factory]
1913-1919

N.V. Photografisch Atelier Kurkdjian Soerabaja Java

Locomotive park of the Jatiroto II sugar factory, Lumajang, East Java
1924

D. Huppe, N.V. Photografisch Atelier Kurkdjian Soerabaja Java

Desinfecteren van de bibit
c. 1914

D. Huppe, N.V. Photografisch Atelier Kurkdjian Soerabaja Java

Volwassen riet, bemest met kunstmatige guana, betrokken van de mestfabriek, Java
c. 1914

George P. Lewis, Atelier O Kurkdjian

The Goentoer from Tjipanas, Garoet, Java
1910

George P. Lewis

Boys, bamboo and bullocks
1910

George P. Lewis

Mount Lamongan and crater at dusk, East Java
1910

Thilly Weissenborn, Photo-Atelier "Lux"

Balineesch dansmeisj in rust (A dancing-girl of Bali, resting)
c 1925

Thilly Weissenborn, Photo-Atelier "Lux"

Strand Koeta (Beach of Koeta)
1920s

Thilly Weissenborn, Photo-Atelier "Lux"

Portfolio cover for Bali
c. 1925

unknown photographer

not titled [Dutch-Indonesian family album]
c. 1935-41

Atelier O Kurkdjian

Uitbarsting Bromo [Bromo eruption]
1915

E. Becker

page 37: not titled [group portrait of four European men with montaged background featuring a raging river]
c. 1900-10

unknown photographer

Formatie Mustangs [Formation of Mustangs (aircraft)]
c 1948

George P. Lewis, Onnes Kurkdjian

Volcano Smeroerom in eruption
c. 1910

André Roosevelt

Legong dancer, Bali
1928

André Roosevelt

not titled [two Balinese women with offerings on their heads descending temple steps]
1928

André Roosevelt

Temple entrance, Bali
1928

André Roosevelt

not titled [dancers in dragon costume ]
1928

unknown photographer

Family portrait, Dutch father, Javanese? wife and Eurasian daughters
c. 1910

W. R. Wallace

Dance performance, Bali
1928

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