This book is an overview of `Sri Lankan Painting in the 20th Century’, Its principal purpose is to present an image of transect of painterly activity in the past century. The spectrum of Painterly activity in the 20th century reflects in its own unique way the articulation of tradition and modernisation in Sri Lankan society through that century. Sri Lankan Painting in the 20th century has really been looked at in a panoramic way, despite a number of writings on particular artists, groups and collections. The present book looks at a number of representative artists, extending from those who were active in and around 1900 to those who began to produce their mature work before the end of the century. A closer focus is provided in short inset texts on twelve major 20th century painters.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Albert Dharmasiri
Albert Dharmasiri Painter, graphic designer and art historian, was for more than thirty years a lecturer and professor at the University of Visual and Performing Arts in Colombo and its predecessor institutions, the Government College of Fine Arts and the Institute of Aesthetic Studies of the University of Kelaniya. In 1983 he was elected to the Executive Committee of the International Association of art (IAA-UNESCO) in Paris, becoming its Vice-Chairman in 1986. The most recent exhibition of his paintings was in the group exhibition of Sri Lankan art Expressions of Independence at the Mona Bismarck Foundation in Paris in 2008. He was Chairman of the Painting and Sculpture panel of the National Arts Council of Sri Lanka.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Senake Bandaranayake
Senake Bandaranayake is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya. He was founding Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology and Archaeological Director of the Sigiriya Cultural Triangle Project. He was also Vice-Chancellor of his University and member of the University Grants Commission.
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