Tagen was born in penestanan in 1940,he started to learn how to paint when he was 23.his teacher was arie smith a Dutch painter who came to bali in 1956 and later became an Indonesian citizen,
he is still living in bali today.Tagen’s paintings were unique.he had a different style compared to arie smith’s other students.
His signature style is to paint “faceless” people,using strong colors.
this unique artistic style is very interesting .
the genre “young artist” influenced by arie smith can only be found in penestanan village.Ubud-bali