Bayu Wardhana - The Bridge Over The Old Moat
90 cm x 120 cm
Oil On Canvas
Signed and Dated: 2012
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The Bridge Over The Old Moat
This painting shows the existence the bridge which connected the old port with the road into Batavia. The bridge was officially known as “ Rusman’s Bridge” apparently it was better known to many as “ Schijtbrug” may originally have been “ Scheidbrug” from the Dutch word “afscheid” meaning “leave-taking” or “parting”.
This is due to the proximity of the bridge to the old port where many tearful farewells would have taken place as people departed from Batavia’s old port. The old drawbridge visible here still existed in the mid 1930s, but was later demolished and replaced with a new and wider bridge.
From this painting we see that the bridge not only connects between two places but also as a place where grief occurs due to separation.
90 cm x 120 cm
Oil On Canvas
Signed and Dated: 2012
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The Bridge Over The Old Moat
This painting shows the existence the bridge which connected the old port with the road into Batavia. The bridge was officially known as “ Rusman’s Bridge” apparently it was better known to many as “ Schijtbrug” may originally have been “ Scheidbrug” from the Dutch word “afscheid” meaning “leave-taking” or “parting”.
This is due to the proximity of the bridge to the old port where many tearful farewells would have taken place as people departed from Batavia’s old port. The old drawbridge visible here still existed in the mid 1930s, but was later demolished and replaced with a new and wider bridge.
From this painting we see that the bridge not only connects between two places but also as a place where grief occurs due to separation.
90 cm x 120 cm
Oil On Canvas
Signed and Dated: 2012
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The Bridge Over The Old Moat
This painting shows the existence the bridge which connected the old port with the road into Batavia. The bridge was officially known as “ Rusman’s Bridge” apparently it was better known to many as “ Schijtbrug” may originally have been “ Scheidbrug” from the Dutch word “afscheid” meaning “leave-taking” or “parting”.
This is due to the proximity of the bridge to the old port where many tearful farewells would have taken place as people departed from Batavia’s old port. The old drawbridge visible here still existed in the mid 1930s, but was later demolished and replaced with a new and wider bridge.
From this painting we see that the bridge not only connects between two places but also as a place where grief occurs due to separation.