Hendrik Petrus Berlage adalah arsitek Belanda, lahir
di Amsterdam pada tanggal 21 Februari 1856. Meskipun tidak termasuk
dalam kelompok empat “nabi” arsitektur yang sangat berpengaruh
sebagai arsitek modernis ; Le Corbusier, Walter Grophius, Frank
Lloyd Wright, dan Mies van de Rohe, namun sesungguhnya
karya-karya sangat diperhitungkan.
Tahun 1923 Berlage melakukan perjanalan ke Hindia Belanda/Indonesia. Dia juga singgah di Berastagi.
In 1923 Berlage made a journey through The Dutch East-Indies /
Indonesia. The drawings below show Berlage’s mastery, not only as a
great architectural draughts man, but as an inspired artist as well.
Berlage visited from March 23th to April 5th 1923 Batavia / Jakarta and
Buitenzorg / Bogor. Then he went by train to Bandung, Tea Estate
Malabar, Yogkyakarta, Solo, Borobudur, Prabanan, Mojokerto,
Soerabaja / Surabaya and further to Bali. He returned to Surabaya and
Yogyakarta and made sketches at Wonosobo, Semarang amd Cirebon. On June
17th 1923 he travelled by boat from Batavia to Sumatra: Padang Panjang,
Fort De Kock / Bukit Tinggi, Kota Nepal, Sibolga and Pematang Siantar.
Then by train to Medan and Brastagi. On June 27th 1923 his voyage back
home to Holland began.
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