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Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès — Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres 勒邁耶 | Two women in Balinese interior 峇厘室內的兩位女子
Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès

Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres 勒邁耶 | Two women in Balinese interior 峇厘室內的兩位女子

This oil on canvas by Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès depicts two women in a richly decorated Balinese interior, showcasing the artist's fascination with Southeast Asian culture and aesthetics. Le Mayeur, a Belgian painter who spent much of his career in Bali, captured the interplay of light and shadow across ornate architectural details and textiles that characterized traditional Balinese spaces. The composition reveals his skilled rendering of both the intimate domestic realm and the exotic visual traditions that drew many European modernists to the Indonesian archipelago during the early twentieth century.

Medium
oil on canvas
Signed
Yes

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction

March 29, 2026

Estimate: $1,500,000$3,000,000

Lot 48

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Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès, Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres 勒邁耶 | Two women in Balinese interior 峇厘室內的兩位女子

This oil on canvas by Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès depicts two women in a richly decorated Balinese interior, showcasing the artist's fascination with Southeast Asian culture and aesthetics. Le Mayeur, a Belgian painter who spent much of his career in Bali, captured the interplay of light and shadow across ornate architectural details and textiles that characterized traditional Balinese spaces. The composition reveals his skilled rendering of both the intimate domestic realm and the exotic visual traditions that drew many European modernists to the Indonesian archipelago during the early twentieth century.

Medium
oil on canvas
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Figurative Painting, 20th Century, Intimate Interior, Belgian Artist, Exotic aesthetic, Orientalism, Female Figures, Balinese Culture, Romantic Mood, Oil on Canvas

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