R Sumantri Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1968 -

Born to a family of artists, R. Sumantri’s gift for the arts was recognised since he was only four years old. He got his start as a movie poster designer - back in the days when printing technology was not available, artists were often commissioned to paint movie posters and banners for cinemas. Surprisingly, limitation in the materials given did not seem to bother the young man; instead it established R. Sumantri as an artist with absolute mastery of colours. In 1987, he won First Prize in the Solo Health Poster Competition. From 1991 to 1996, R. Sumantri worked as a Batik designer at the famous Batik Semar in Solo; in 1997, he won First Prize in the Batik Design Competition for all Solo.