Walter Spies

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Walter Spies was a Russian-born German painter, musician, and ethnologist best known for his influential role in shaping modern Balinese art and culture in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf cultural mediator
ethnologist
human
musician
painter
causeOfDeath shipwreck
coFounded Pita Maha artists association NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith I Gusti Nyoman Lempad NERFINISHED
Rudolf Bonnet NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1895-09-15
dateOfDeath 1942-01-19
employer Sultanate of Yogyakarta NERFINISHED
ethnicOrigin German
fieldOfWork Balinese art
ethnography
ethnomusicology
modern art
genre figurative painting
landscape painting
influenced Balinese dance NERFINISHED
Balinese music
Balinese painters
I Gusti Nyoman Lempad NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Balinese NERFINISHED
German
Indonesian
mannerOfDeath drowning
movement Balinese modern art movement
modernism NERFINISHED
nationality German
notableFor documentation of Balinese culture
influence on modern Balinese art
occupation choreographer
composer
ethnologist
musician
painter
photographer
placeOfBirth Moscow
placeOfDeath Indian Ocean NERFINISHED
residence Bali NERFINISHED
Indonesia NERFINISHED
Ubud NERFINISHED
studied Balinese dance
Balinese music
Balinese religion
Balinese rituals
workedIn Bali NERFINISHED
Yogyakarta NERFINISHED

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