Srihadi Soedarsono
Indonesian painter
Kanjeng Raden Haryo Tumenggung H. Srihadi Soedarsono Adhikoesoemo (4 December 1931 – 26 February 2022) was an Indonesian painter and tenured lecturer. He married Farida Srihadi, who is also an accomplished painter that studied at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), as well as abroad in the Netherlands and England.
Life and career
Soedarsono was appointed a member of the Student Army from 1945 to 1948 as a painter journalist who created posters for the Information Center Division IV BKR/TKR/TNI in Solo. His military career ended in 1948 when he was rationalized with the rank of sergeant major and returned to school at SMA II Surakarta.
Between 1947 and 1952, Soedarsono joined the Young Indonesian Artists in Solo and Yogyakarta. He also was an active member in the formation of the Surakarta Cultural Association in Solo since its inception in 1950. Srihadi actively participated in art exhibitions in Solo and Yogyakarta.
In 1952 he began to enter art education at the Painters Education Center, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Indonesia Bandung (now the Faculty of Fine Arts, Bandung Institute of Technology), with the Dutch cubist painter Ries Mulder as his teacher. In 1955, he created the Fine Arts Student Family (KMSR) logo for the Faculty. The logo is in the form of a palette with the words "ART RUPA BANDUNG" with the symbol of the University of Indonesia.
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