Adrien Jean Le Mayeur (1880 – 1958), one of the most celebrated Indo-European painters, was born into an aristocratic Belgian family in 1880. Le Mayeur initially studied civil engineering, but his real passion was painting.

After graduation, Le Mayeur devoted himself to his art and travelled extensively. As Le Mayeur was independently wealthy, Le Mayeur embarked on a long journey in search of beauty. He lived for a time in Marseilles, St. Tropez and Venice, and later journeyed to North Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, India and Tahiti. Eventually in the early 1930’s, Le Mayeur found his way to Bali where he settled down to live and work. He would go on to become the “Indonesian Gaugin”.

“Ni Pollok” is a portrait of his Balinese wife who was a legong dancer. She is a frequent subject matter in his works and he created a series of drawings and paintings of her. During 1937, Le Mayeur exhibited an extensive amount of works of Ni Pollok in Singapore and it earned him international recognition.

Provenance
Sotheby’s Singapore, 9 October 2005

Adrien Jean Le Mayeur

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    Ni Pollok
    90x74x13cm
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