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Born in Wates, Yogyakarta in April 1926, Trubus was essentially a self-taught painter. During the Japanese Occupation (1942-1945), Trubus studied painting with Sudjojono and Affandi in Jakarta.  He was a member of the Seniman Indonesia Moeda (SIM, Young Indonesian Artists) led by S. Sudjojono, and decided to leave the organization in 1947 when the new art association Pelukis Rakyat / People’s Painters was established, led by Hendra Gunawan. In 1948 he was captured and imprisoned by the Dutch for his revolutionary activities.  After his release he became a lecturer at ASRI / Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts in Yogyakarta from 1950 to 1960. In 1954 he was invited to visit Czechoslovakia on a cultural mission. He was appointed as a member of Yogyakarta’s regional government in 1958. His strong involvement in politics, as he was suspected of being a member of Lembaga Kebudajaan Rakjat (LEKRA, Institute for People’s Culture), led to his disappearance from public view in Yogyakarta in 1966. He was presumed to have been killed or died following the aborted communist coup in September 1965.