Ida Bagus Nyoman Rai

Ida Bagus Nyoman Rai (~1915-2000) was a traditional Balinese painter from Sanur, a beach resort near Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

During the birth of the Pitamaha Art Association in the 1930s, Ida Bagus Nyoman Rai and other Sanur painters started selling drawings depicting the fisherman's life at the suggestion of Neuhaus brother who owned a tropical fish shop in Sanur.

Ida Bagus Nyoman Rai till his death drew mostly black and white drawings on paper.

[1] After the Second World War, he was befriended by the Australian artist Donald Friend who lived in Bali from 1968 to 1980 and had a house in Jimbaran beach.

[3] Ida Bagus Nyoman Rai's painting, Mount Agung Meletus (1968), collected by the Neka Art Museum was included in the 1990-1991 KIAS (Indonesian Culture in the United States) exhibition.