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Portrait of Sutan Sjahrir (1909-1966) #867241

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Portrait of Sutan Sjahrir (1909-1966)   #867241
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Sutan Sjahrir was President of the Indonesian Socialist Party. Born in Sumatra in 1909, his active promotion of expanded educational facilities caused him to be exiled in West Irian from 1934 until 1942. Out of Exile, the letters written to his wife during this time, is published in English by The John Day Company, New York. During the Japanese occuptaion Sjahrir organized an effective popular resistance movement in Java, and from 1945 to 1947 he served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Indonesia. The artist Bernard Hailstone (1910-1987) was known for his portraits of royalty,members of the Armed Services, musicians and personalities of stage and screen. Among the most memorable are his portraits of Sir Winston Churchill, Peter Ustinov and Sir John Barbirolli. His portrait of Lord Olivier now hangs in the bar of the Garrick Club. Less known, but among his best work, are his paintings of the Blitz. During the war he joined up as a fireman in the Auxiliary Fire Service, along with such artists as Norman Hepple and Leonard Rosoman, and would set up his easel among the bombed London churches and smouldering buildings when there was a lull in the raids.The experiences of these firemen artists were not without their humorous side, for example, when Hailstone helped to extinguish a fire in a warehouse containing barrels of rum near the docks, or when he was disciplined for using His Majesty';s gas to give himself enough light to complete a picture after dark. His work ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good overall condition, needs to be restretched and cleaned.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1944</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United Kingdom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Beranrd Hailstone (1910-1987)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:30</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:25</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Sutan Sjahrir (1909-1966) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Modern</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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