Abdul Aziz

Abdul Aziz was born in 1928 in Purwokerto, Indonesia. He pursued formal art training at the Indonesian Fine Arts Academy (ASRI) in Yogyakarta, graduating in 1959. That same year, he received a scholarship to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, where he studied the work of old masters alongside printmaking and etching technique.

In 1965 he returned to Indonesia and settled in Ubud, Bali, where he is described as having brought the painting techniques he developed in Italy into a Balinese context. Auction-house lot titles associated with him, including works described as market scenes, dance scenes, and depictions of daily life in Bali, are consistent with this setting. He is reported to have died in 2002, a death year corroborated across multiple independent auction-market sources including Artprice, MutualArt, Bidsquare, and New Orleans Auction Galleries; an exact death date and place of death are not documented in the sources reviewed for this profile.

Multiple artists share the name Abdul Aziz, including a contemporary American photojournalist and media designer born in 1979. This profile follows the Indonesian painter described above, who is the figure that appears consistently across auction-market databases such as Artprice, MutualArt, Invaluable, and major auction-house catalogues, sometimes indexed in family-name-first form as "Aziz, Abdul."

Available coverage of Abdul Aziz is largely biographical and market-oriented rather than critical. A feature published by Global Auction describes him as among the notable Indonesian painters of the twentieth century, citing his academic training in Yogyakarta and Rome and his subsequent career in Bali. No exact, attributable critic quotation from a named writer in a major outlet could be confirmed in the sources reviewed, and none is reproduced here. Given the number of artists sharing this name, exhibition history and specific critical commentary should be verified lot by lot and article by article before being attributed to this painter.

A verified all-time auction record, meaning a specific work, price, currency, auction house, and sale date, could not be confirmed from the sources available for this profile. Market databases report substantial trading activity under this artist's name: Artprice cites roughly 228 auction appearances, and MutualArt reports on the order of 170 works sold at auction, with realized prices cited as high as USD 405,127; a specific average price could not be confirmed. One documented sale, a pair of oils titled Attraction (1980), sold for USD 55,000 through New Orleans Auction Galleries, cataloged as "Abdul Aziz (Indonesian, 1928 to 2002)," though an exact sale date was not available in the sources reviewed. These figures should be treated as approximate pending direct verification against a named auction house and lot.

The most important caution for this artist is identity verification. Several artists are cataloged under the name Abdul Aziz, and auction, gallery, and biographical listings do not always distinguish them clearly. Collectors should confirm that any specific lot, price, or biographical claim refers to the Indonesian painter born in Purwokerto in 1928 and reported deceased in 2002, rather than to another artist of the same name, before relying on it. No current representing gallery or estate gallery could be confirmed as of this writing, no catalogue raisonne or certificate program has been identified, and no specific named museum collection could be verified beyond general, unspecific claims in secondary marketing copy. Provenance and attribution should be confirmed directly with the auction house or consignor for any prospective purchase.