The Belgian painter Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès is one of the most celebrated 20th century artists who lived and painted in Bali. His works are admired for combining the very best of Western Impressionist approaches and a reverent eye of the Balinese landscape and its people. As a young painter emerging from years spent at the WW1 battlefield as a war-painter, he sought to follow the legacy of French post-impressionist, Paul Gauguin, and find a retreat in exotic world and travels. In 1932, his quest took him to the Indonesian island of Bali, which served as his inspiration for the next 26 years. The pictorial themes Le Mayeur worked on in Bali were mostly found in and around the villa he built for himself and his wife, Ni Pollok at the beachfront of Sanur. Amongst the various themes, women in front of the house or in the garden picking flowers is one of the most iconic and enduring in his oeuvre. Balinese garden with ladies (Lot 1040) is a magnificent example.

Le Mayeur constantly endeavored to capture 'beauty, sunlight and silence'. Balinese Garden with Ladies is a manifestation of his artistic pursuits, perfectly encapsulating his approach towards the use of light and dark to create tension in his work. The composition is framed by a low brick wall and the deep shade of tropical leaves, as sun's rays burst from within the background. Le Mayeur deftly captures the luminosity of light filtering through the flora and fauna. A profusion of flowers in resplendent blue, violet, red and yellow jewel-tones dominate the upper half of the composition.

The color palette is unusual for the artist, as he plays with contrasts of neutral pastels and deep warm tones, achieving great depth within the painting. His compositions in the post-war period tend to intensify in complexity. In Balinese Garden with Ladies. Le Mayeur applies thick impasto with concise strokes and introduces a heavier use of green. Unlike most post-war compositions where the figures appear smaller, the women in Balinese garden with ladies occupy the canvas with an elegant grandeur. Their bodies move harmoniously within the romanticized scene. Le Mayeur works of such superb quality are increasingly rare at auction, works by the artist of similar size and period have achieved prices well beyond the current estimates.

比利時畫家勒邁耶是二十世紀一位傑出藝術家，他曾在峇里島生活和創作，其作品擷取西方印象派的精華，加上他個人對峇里風光和人文風情的迷戀，令他的作品別具情懷，獲得不少觀眾喜愛。第一次世界大戰期間，年輕的勒邁耶曾奔赴戰場擔任戰地畫家，戰後他矢志追隨前人法國後印象派畫家保羅·高更的腳步四出遊歷，並在充滿異國風情的國度找到避世之所。1932年，他的嚮往引領他來到印尼峇里島，在往後的26 年的時光中，這個島嶼一直是他的靈感泉源。勒邁耶在峇里沙努爾海灘邊為自己和妻子妮・帕洛建造了花園別墅，創作主題大多圍繞他的別墅室內和四周環境。在屋前或花園採花的女子是勒邁耶反复描繪的主題之一，非常有代表性，本作《峇里花園與園中女子》（拍品編號1040）正是其中一個出色例子。

勒邁耶畢生始終追求捕捉「美、陽光和靜謐時刻」，這從《峇里花園與園中女子》中清晰可見。勒邁耶運用明暗對比為本作營造視覺張力。畫面借一道矮磚牆和熱帶植物的深色樹蔭構成骨架，陽光則自背景穿透而出，灑落觀者眼前。花團錦簇的棚架構成了畫面的上半部分；勒邁耶以精湛嫻熟的技巧捕捉光線穿過花草植物時的明亮逆光感，花卉絢麗斑斕，如寶石般綻放藍、紫、紅、黃的色調。

本作的用色在勒邁耶作品中並不常見：中性粉彩色調和深色系暖色調形成不同程度的對比，營造出景深效果。勒邁耶戰後時期的作品在構圖上一般偏向細膩複雜，然而在《峇里花園與園中女子》中，勒邁耶卻以簡潔明快的筆觸厚塗顏料，並用上更多綠色調。此外，他的戰後作品也大多把人物畫得較小，但《峇里花園與園中女子》卻有別於此；畫中優雅大方的女子佔據畫面不少空間，她們在園子裡翩然自若地擺動身軀，氣氛浪漫和諧，令人心生嚮往。如此品質超卓的勒邁耶作品在拍賣市場上越漸罕見，其他出自相近時期、尺寸相若的勒邁耶作品均創出高價，成交價遠遠超越本作的當前估價。