Batuaninteractive.com: "About twenty-two years old at the time of making the pictures in the collection, Diding probably had been painting since 1935. His teacher was Ngendon, and he in turn taught Bala. He met Spies and Bonnet, watched them work, and brought them work for their ciriticism. He was a member of the group they founded, Pita Maha. One of the Western artists suggested that he make a picture like Djatasoera's of the ende ritual in Karangasem. Diding had not been to school but could speak a little Malay. He played in a gamelan orchestra and danced in the gambuh, and was the only artist interviewed who said that he had been possessed and gone into trance. His father was dead, and he had no land to work.He and his wife supported themselves by painting, raising chickens, and dyeing cloth.
They had no children. Sixteen pictures by Diding are in the collection."
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