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Ahmad Sadali
early life and education ahmad sadali was born on july 29, 1924, in garut, west java, indonesia. he came from a family with diversified businesses, including batik and printing. sadali's father, haji muhammad djamhari, was a prominent figure in the muhammadiyah muslim organization in garut. sadali spent his education at his boedi priyayi garut and later continued his studies in yogyakarta. he then entered the jakarta islamic college bet
ween 1944 and 1945. artistic career sadali's artistic career began when he studied at the faculty of drawing teachers at the bandung institute of technology (itb) from 1948 to 1953. there, he was one of the first students of ries mulder, a dutch painter and lecturer who helped establish the department of fine arts at itb. sadali's abstract style, particularly abstract expressionism and cubism, was strongly influenced by mulder's cubist…