Enjoying a Trip to Le Mayeur Museum Sanur

Administrator · Wednesday, 25 January 2017 · 1538 Views

Been to Bali of course not only to enjoy the various tourist destinations beach or shopping alone, you can also find various other tourist destinations which has its own charm. One of them is the Le Mayeur Museum in Sanur. Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres is one of noble descent who was born in Belgium Brussels. He inherited the art of highly viscous blood from his parents especially his talent in painting. Apparently, the talents of those get severe restrictions on the family so he took the initiative to leave their families and travel around the world until in 1932 he arrived in Bali in the city of Singaraja. He continued his journey to Denpasar and eventually decided to start to settle in Sanur.

The Early arrival of Le Mayeur, he only intended to visit for a few months. However, seeing the beauty and exoticism dancer Bali, Le Mayeur finally decided to build a house and make a painting studio on the outskirts of Sanur. One of Legong dancers who became a model named Ni Pollok painting apparently managed to captivate Le Mayeur and eventually they married. Although Ni Pollok wants to get offspring from the marriage, Le Mayeur worried that Ni Pollok body shape will change after pregnancy and childbirth when he was painting the model of Le Mayeur. This is why Le Mayeur objected to the wishes of his wife that they did not get a descent.

The house and studio painting Le Mayeur finally dedicated as a museum. It is also in accordance with the testament left by Le Mayeur shows that when Le Mayeur and Ni Pollok died, they agreed that the house would be handed over to the government to serve as a museum. This is why this museum is named, as Le Mayeur Museum is actually a house building and painting studio of Le Mayeur.

Although Le Mayeur is a newcomer in the area of Bali, he was apparently so interested and inspired by natural beauty, cultural expressions, as well as the beauty of women Bali so that a variety of paintings produced contains more about the exotic Bali. In the museum, visitors can see a variety of works and objects of historic relics from Le Mayeur. Visitors can see a table, chairs, vases of flowers, cabinets, beds, jars, books, silverware, and sculpture. While the paintings Le Mayeur alone there are about 88 pieces that are generally characterized by the Impressionists created around the year 1921 to 1957. Painting mediums are used by Le Mayeur in incised his work not only with canvas but also plywood, burlap, and hardboard. Media burlap could be Le Mayeur selection in the paint during the Japanese rule in Indonesia. He had difficulty getting shipments canvas of Belgium is a country of origin.

Shaped museum building houses and painting studio is located in Bali Sanur Beach area. Visitors can use a private vehicle or public transport from Denpasar to go to Sanur beach area. The museum is open between 8 am to 3 pm on Saturday until Thursday. Meanwhile, on Friday, the museum is operating at 8 am until 1 pm. While on a national holiday, the museum is closed. Around the location of Le Mayeur Museum, visitors can find stalls meals, lodging, and center for unique souvenirs of Bali are around Sanur beach.