Jan Schlechter Duvall

Place: Tandjong Pandan

Born: 1922

Death: 2009

Biography:

Jan Schlechter, also known as Jan Schlechter Duvall, was born on November 24, 1922, in Tandjong Pandan, Indonesia. He was a painter and poet who came to the Netherlands from Indonesia in 1956. He was known for his nocturnal spirit world-inspired works, which were influenced by his childhood experiences in Indonesia and its ancestor worship evoked by the Wayang puppet theater. Jan Schlechter passed away on December 10, 2009.