Iwan Tirta
Iwan Tirta (18 April 1935 – 31 July 2010) was an Indonesian
Biography
Early life
Iwan Tirta was born Nusjirwan Tirtaamidjaja on 18 April 1935, in
Tirta originally wanted to be a diplomat as a child, though his father encouraged him to study law.
He was awarded the Adlai Stevenson Fellowship to study law at Yale Law School in Connecticut in 1964.[1] Tirta moved to New York City upon the completion of his law degree in 1965,[2] where he worked at the United Nations headquarters for several years.[1]
Batik design
Tirta returned to Indonesia from
Tirta authored several prominent books on the subject of batik.
He was widely credited with the promotion of batik designs within the international
Tirta expanded from batik clothing into other batik inspired products in the last years of his life. He introduced news lines of ceramics and silverware embellished with traditional batik designs.[1] Tirta also worked as a food consultant for upscale Indonesian restaurants.[5][6]
Tirta established PT Iwan Tirta (with trademark name of Iwan Tirta (IT) Private Collection/ ITPC) in 2003. ITPC established its first gallery in 2006. ITPC opened its first mall location in 2008 and expanded further. Now it has 10 galleries already in prominent malls and locations in Jakarta & Surabaya (Galeria Grand Hyatt - Plaza Indonesia, Plaza Senayan, Senayan City, Pacific Place, Pondok Indah Mall 2, Jl Wijaya XIII, Shangrila Hotel Jakarta, Borobudur Hotel, Central - Grand Indonesia and SOGO Tunjungan Plaza IV - Surabaya).
As recently as 2007, Tirta partnered with
In a 2009 interview with
Death
Iwan Tirta died on 31 July 2010 at Abdi Waluyo Hospital in
After three years of the maestro's departure, his name lives on.
Commemorating 1,000 days of his departure this year (2013), several events and milestones was highlighted among others: - Mobiliari group (Tatler Indonesia) has awarded a tribute to Iwan Tirta via Iwan Tirta Private Collection, on his role to promote Indonesian Batik as one of the luxury brands from Indonesia. March 2013, Darmawangsa Hotel
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- Tribute to Iwan Tirta by Berita Satu Media Holding and Gelar Nusantara. "Knights of the Golden Empress". Darmawangsa Hotel, July4th, 2013.
The management of PT Iwan Tirta has also paid tribute to the late maestro, visiting his tomb on last 8 July 2013.
References
- ^ Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
- ^ Bali Postpage 7. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ Time Magazine. Archived from the originalon October 6, 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- Jakarta Post. 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ Jakarta Post. 2010-07-31. Archived from the originalon 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ a b c d e Hamdani, Sylviana (2010-02-19). "Get Back to Batiks With Iwan Tirta's Tableware". Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2010-08-22.