Mochtar Apin
(23. Des. 1923– 01. Jan. 1994)
was an accomplished Indonesian painter and tenured lecturer.
He was co-founder of the Arena of Independent Artists movement (Gelanggang Seniman Muda ) in Jakarta in 1946, and a member of the Bandung Institute of Technology. Alongside other painters, intellectuals and poets, he advocated a universalist ideal for culture, advocating the creation of art concerns that could communicate to people of all backgrounds.