Hoessein Enas Analysis

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Mohamed Hoessein Enas is the individual who is big in the world of art in Malaysia. He is the Father Portrait Malaysia. Hoessein Enas was born in Bogor, Indonesia, in 1924. He died in 1995 in Kuala Lumpur. This young Javanese migrated to Malaya (Malaysia) at the time in 1948. His contributions to the arts in Malaysia so great that awarded the Star Royal Majesty. The award led him to the rank of Dato '. He is also a royal portrait painter. Hoessien Enas has been a painter for the Department of Information Japanese in Sumatra during Japan 's colonial rule. He is also the patron “Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung” (APS). Hoessien Enas has produced a work that is very closely linked to the cultural community in Malaya. The works have been recorded by the company Shell Group, entitled “Malaysian”. He uses realistic and naturalistic art ism in each work produced. He got the idea from the study of natural events and human life refers to facial beauty and local culture.

Among his works which contain the cultural message via face is "Gadis Korea". Hoessien Enas artwork entitled "Gadis Korea" is one of the collections of the National Visual Arts Gallery. This painting using oil paint on canvas. In this work, he uses figurative portrait themes. Portrait painting is one of the methods for recording situations or memories of the time. This work captures a girl dressed in traditional Korean people. But, if viewed from the aspect of the appearance of the girl, her face seemed to resemble the

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