LOT 62
LUCIEN FRITS OHL
B. Indonesia, 1904 – 1976
Indonesian Village, 1970’s
Signed “L. Frits Ohl” lower right
Oil on board
30 x 25 cm
Private Collection, Singapore
RM 3,500 – 7,000
Frits Lucien Ohl (1904-1976) was a painter whose works were mostly of Indonesian landscapes and Asian panoramas. He was a skilled artiste, watercolourist, and draughtsman in the style reminiscent of the late of GP. Adolfs. He worked in a colourful and impressionistic manner, depicting Indonesian landscapes and culture, often using his palette knife.He worked throughout Indonesia in Jakarta, Palembang and Yogyakarta until he left Indonesia to work in the Hague in 1954. The artist died in 1976.