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@mdstamper.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 2:15 PM

“Lady with Kebaya” by Basoeki Abdullah (Indonesian) – Oil on canvas / 1959 – ILHAM Foundation Collection (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) #WomenInArt #BasoekiAbdullah #Abdullah #ILHAMGallery #art #artText #arte #ILHAM #IndonesianArt #IndonesianArtist #Kebaya #1950sArt #PortraitofaWoman

Kartini Manoppo is depicted by Indonesian artist Basoeki Abdullah with the polished presence that made the painter one of Southeast Asia’s most sought-after portraitists. She meets us with a steady gaze, her face emerging from softly blended greens and blues. A luminous purple-pink kebaya spreads across her shoulders beneath a darker translucent crimson shawl, while earrings, a large ring, and a gold necklace catch points of light. Abdullah’s smooth realism concentrates attention on her eyes, skin, and carefully arranged clothing as almost everything else dissolves into atmosphere.

Manoppo was more than an anonymous model. Born into a prominent family in North Sulawesi, she worked as a model and as a flight attendant for Garuda Indonesia. Her kebaya adds another layer. Worn in different forms across Indonesia and neighboring Southeast Asia, it could signify femininity, refinement, heritage, and national identity. 

Abdullah was trained at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague, and famous for highly finished society portraits before this portrait entered political history. President Sukarno saw the painting at Abdullah’s 1959 exhibition and renewed his interest in Manoppo who he had met at Garuda. Later that year, Manoppo and Sukarno married privately. She became one of the wives of Indonesia’s first president, a relationship that continued into the final years of his rule.

That extraordinary aftermath changes how we see the painting, but it should not reduce Manoppo to just a woman Sukarno desired. Before presidential history claimed her story, Abdullah pictured a working Indonesian woman whose modern career and traditional dress coexist without contradiction. She occupies nearly the whole canvas, composed and self-possessed. “Lady with Kebaya” is more than a society portrait as modernity, tradition, beauty, celebrity, and political power converge in a painted likeness that helped redirect the life of the woman it represents.
@globalvisibility.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 4:47 PM

#ABDULLAH #SAEED #GENERAL
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@globalvisibility.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 7:18 AM

#ATV #TÜRKIYE
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#ABDULLAH ŞAHINDERE
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@globalvisibility.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 7:16 AM

#ABDULLAH ŞAHINDERE
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#HATAY DA #SPOR
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#MUSA ŞAHINDERE
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@lesgrenades.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:22 PM

Incroyable photo de Firas #Abdullah, photojournaliste syrien exilé en #France.

#LyceesEnLutte
#ViolencesPolicieres

Le maire de St Denis hurlant de partir aux CRS devant des manifestants.e.s mineur.e.s effrayé.e.s
@antyfaszysta.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:20 PM

⭕Les enfants, frères et sœurs #Tala, #Yara, #Ratil, #Abdullah et #Abdul_Rahman, ont été tués avec leur mère et d'autres membres de la famille lorsque l'armée #Israélienne a démoli leur maison sur leur tête pendant la guerre génocidaire #d'Israël contre #Gaza.

#Gaza-Notifications

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@ensonhbr.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 5:20 PM

kurumlarının yeniden tesisi ve ülkenin tüm topraklarının kurtarılması olduğunu ilan etti.

#Yemen #İran #YemenSilahlı #KuvvetleriSözcüsü #AlbayMacid #Abdullah #DışPolitika #StarGazete

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@jonah333.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 5:02 PM

#UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh #Abdullah #bin #Zayed:

“There will come a day, where we’ll see far more #extremists

and #radical #terrorists coming out of #Europe than

the Middle East because of #decision making based on

pure #ignorance and #political #correctness.”

@jonah333.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 5:02 PM

#UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh #Abdullah #bin #Zayed:

“There will come a day, where we’ll see far more #extremists

and #radical #terrorists coming out of #Europe than

the Middle East because of #decision making based on

pure #ignorance and #political #correctness.”

@ensonhbr.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 2:53 PM

#Cinayet #Kayseri #Abdullah #Gül #MustafaGül #Siyaset #Cumhuriyet

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@hindustaninews.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 3:55 AM

Jammu and Kashmir's statehood at stake as Omar Abdullah's resolution sparks debate in the Assembly. The Chief Minister argues that the absence of statehood affects th…

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#Omar #Abdullah

@jonah333.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 1:42 PM

Het is een #dubbele #belediging terug:
De #koloniale naam gebruiken die de #illegale #bezetter #Abdullah l aan het district gaf (1948-1967) &
het #buiten #Israël plaatsen terwijl het #officieel #Judea-#Samaria heet & #Israëlisch #grondgebied is.

Weer echte schijnheilige #christelijke mentaliteit !!

@globalvisibility.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 8:07 AM

#FIKRET #MUALLA #SAYGI
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#FIKRET KONJIĆ
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@ensonhbr.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 1:24 PM

#Erzurum #Çevre #Prof #RüstemHayat #Abdullah #Habertürk

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@donporque.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 1:08 PM

¿Por qué Zapatero dice que las joyas fueron un regalo saudí en 2007? #Zapatero #JoseLuisRodriguezZapatero #ArabiaSaudi #Joyas #AudienciaNacional #JoseLuisCalama #Actualidad #España #Politica #Tribunales #Riad #Abdullah #felizmiercoles #23deseptiembre

@antyfaszysta.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 12:25 PM

#Karim-Mahmoud_Sa'da
#Raja-Yahya_Sa'da
#Suad-Mahmoud_Al-Ajla
#Malak-Abdullah_Al-Ajla
#Ahmad-Abdullah_Al-Ajla
#Abdullah-Abdul-Rahman_Al-Ajla
#Dunya_Adas
#Hudhayfa_Hils
#Walid_Hils
#Jibril_Hils
#Bilal_Adas
#AmrA_das

#AnasAlSharif0

@globalvisibility.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 2:22 PM

#HARADNICHANKA
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HANÁ #RIVER
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@globalvisibility.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 2:20 PM

#HAHLE
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#KINTOMO #MUSHANOKŌJI
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#ABDULLAH #QUTB #SHAH
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#HAGGRABEN
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