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Walter Spies

German primitivist painter (1895-1942) · Artists · Died at 46

Walter Spies was a German primitivist painter, composer, musicologist, and curator. In 1923 he moved to Java, Indonesia. He lived in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting from 1927, when Indonesia was under European colonial rule as the Dutch East Indies.

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Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1942 · aged 46