Information Ubud Villa

Ubud, the Village of the Painters

Ubud is a name of a village in Gianyar, which is located 20 km from Denpasar. Ubud can be reached about 30 or 15 minutes from the main city of Gianyar. Artistic and natural, Ubud village consists of 13 banjar dinas and 6 desa adat. There are many Bali villas for rent available in these areas to spoil you with the joy of life presented in Ubud. You can surely spend your time in those Ubud villas while visiting some art galleries with your family.

Located on 300 meters above the sea level, the weather in Ubud is fresh and chilly. Unsurprisingly, people usually choose this village as the place of relaxation. For some artists and researchers, Ubud is the heaven of knowledge and inspiration. Thus, many artists and researchers come from Europe and stay in a Bali family villa. Now, Ubud has 9.800 inhabitants.

Besides having beautiful view, Ubud is also a cultural village which is rich with the historical heritage of many great painters from Bali. They are all well-known because of their works such as I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, Anak Agung Gde Sobrat, I Gusti Made Deblong, I Gusti Ketut Kobot, Ida Bagus Made, Dewa Putu Bedil, Ida Bagus Rai, etc. The popularity of those Bali artists gave some inspiration for many western painters to come and stay in an Ubud villa. The beautiful and natural Bali view of Ubud makes the process of creating an artwork more comfortable. That’s why Ubud has become one of family vacation destination in the world.

Rudolf Bonnet from Dutch and Walter Spies from Germany had inscribed new history of the painting development in Ubud. They introduced the aesthetical technique of Europe painting such as perspective, shadow, anatomy and lighting to the Ubud local painters. The Ubud local painters absorbed those techniques and developed them based on the local basic value and idea. Such great place with great people has become more and more popular, thus, many Bali villas for rent are available throughout Ubud.

Taking Bali traditional concept and theme, the combination painting of western techniques and traditional idea creates unique character of Ubud paintings. This brilliant combination makes Ubud painting has its own style called Ubud style. Many people from all around the globe have come to see this historical heritage of Ubud. Staying in an Ubud villa, these people can easily reach many galleries and painting museums in Ubud. Ubud truly is a wonderful area with wonderful natural beauty and traditional interests.