Han Snel Art His struggles and progress from

His struggles and progress from "nobody" to a "prominent figure" rooted in his determination since childhood

Alan Chong

Made available by the Mandala Foundation in Singapore

This large volume is a retrospective of one of Indonesia's most renowned painters

These woodcarvings

Han Snel Art His struggles and progress fromBali was tantalizing the senses of Western artists as far back as the late 1920s. Since that time, several have tried to capture its gentle beauty in their work. Han Snel is one of the last Dutch born painters who, smitten by the very soul of the island, has been paying tribute to the Balinese woman for the past forty years in his romantic realist works. Today, in a new journey of discovery into form and colour, he has immersed himself in the world of