<p>Arie Smit wasbBorn in Zaandam, The Netherlands, in 1916. A was a tudent&nbsp;at the &nbsp;Academy of Arts in Rotterdam before working as lithographer for the Dutch Colonial Army in the Dutch Indies prior to the Second World War. <br /><br />He became a citizen of the newly independent Indonesia and produced as well as taught painting at the Bandung Institute of Technology. He moved to Bali in 1956 to engage in full time painting. Much of his repertoire explores the natural environment and architectural heritage of his adopted domicile. <br /><br />He held several one-man exhibitions at venues including at the Bandung Institute of Technology, The Honolulu East West Center, and the center of Strategic and International studies In Jakarta. Several books have been published on the painter.</p>