Drawing: Man portrait

To avoid military service in 1914, Pieter Ouborg had himself sent to the former Dutch East Indies as a civil servant. He remained there until 1938 as a teacher and drawing instructor. There he became fascinated by Indonesian art and culture: ancestral statues, temples, wajang puppets and especially masks. This male portrait is an early work from 1916 - 1918, made during his stay in Padang Panjang …