 Mooijen was a multi-talented architect who designed the much
praised Netherlands Indies Pavilion for the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition. He also
accompanied the first Balinese dance troupe to visit Europe who performedthere to
sensational reviews. A talented young protégé of the renown Dutch architect Berlage, he
and a new generation of young architects changed the face of Dutch colonial architecture
at the beginning of this century. He was also an avid collector of Balinese art and
author. His book, Bali Kunst (Bali Art), is still the best book on Balinese
Architecture (watch out for cheap plagiarized English versions). If this were not enough
he was one of the main participants in the founding of the Bali Museum in Denpasar,
restorer of Besaki Temple after the great earthquake of 1917, an active member ofthe
Batavian Kunstkring (Jakarta Art Circle), which played a seminal role in Indonesia
painting history, and last but not least a talented painter. |
