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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9730737, member: 2844&quot;]The subject is indeed Balinese, but the painter isn&#039;t, so this isn&#039;t Balinese art.</p><p>Hasim is an Islamic man&#039;s name, like Hasan etc, and it can be used as a surname as well.</p><p>Palembang is an Islamic city, Bali is Balinese Hindu (their own &#039;brand&#039; of Hinduism).</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems there are several painters named Hasim, of differing talents and with different signatures. At least one of them seemed to paint a lot of these Balinese girls. Why? Because they sell.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I must say, this isn&#039;t a style that appeals to me, so it is not the type of Indonesian painting I know much about, but I&#039;ll give it a shot.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect several Hasims painted Balinese girls. Names in Indonesia often change during a person&#039;s lifetime. That used to be connected with different stages of life and/or personal growth, but it developed into a custom. It can be very confusing.</p><p>Maybe someone painted Balinese girls in the style of a painter named Hasim, and from then on was called Hasim.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen several paintings by that particular Hasim, the one with the long signature, and he seems to be a more talented one, with a greater diversity of subjects.</p><p><br /></p><p>A charming painting, and again, a more individual painter it seems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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