Artist Emilio Ambron first visited Bali in 1938 and found in the beauty of the land and the grace of its people an inspiration that would last a lifetime. His profound and enduring love for Bali was to bring him back time and again to the Island of the Gods.
A student of Futurist Giacomo Balla, Ambron displayed both classic and modern influences in his works. This book, with essays by Arie Smit and Idanna Pucci, traces his long and prolific career, and particularly the impact of his early years in Bali, China and Cambodia.
His sketches, paintings and sculpture, reproduced here in one volume, are a delight to art lovers everywhere and indeed aficionados of the heady era of artistic creativity that flourished in Bali in the 1930s.