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Adrien Jean Le Mayeur De Merpes arrived on Bali in 1932 and stayed at first near Denpasar,where he met Ni Polok,renowned as a beautiful Legong dancer,who began to model for him.He soon fell in love with the island and with her,and they married.Then they built a house, which Le Mayeur decorated with woodcarvings and antique stones collected from across Bali.This Belgian artist,Le Mayeur (1880-1958) lived in the house from 1935 until his death,when sanur was still a quiet fishing village.On his death,he willed the house to the Indonesian government to become a museum.Le Mayeur paintings are displayed inside the museum.Paintings from his early period on Bali are romantic depictions of Balinese daily life and beautiful Balinese women,and also paintings from his travels in a great different countries as France, Italy, Africa, India and others.
| Museum Le Mayeur |
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| The time required |
45minutes drive from Nusadua Area |
| Open |
Sun-Thur/8am`3pm@Fri/8am`1pm@Sat/8am`2pm@ |
| Entrance fee |
Rp.2,000 |
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