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The Lionel Wendt Art Centre is a major art centre and theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, dedicated to the memory of Sri Lankan photographic artist Lionel Wendt. [1] It combines live theatre and art exhibition, with two exhibition galleries and two theatres. [2] It is managed by a trust established by an Act of Parliament.
The National Art Gallery in Colombo, Sri Lanka was the first state-sponsored art gallery built in the country. [1] The gallery is located in Cinnamon Gardens near the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, Viharamahadevi Park, the National Museum of Colombo, the Town Hall, Colombo and Colombo Public Library. [2] [3]
History of art in Sri Lanka (1 C, 1 P) M. Sri Lankan art movements ... Pages in category "Sri Lankan art" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Lionel George Henricus Wendt (3 December 1900 [1] – 19 December 1944) was a pianist, photographer, filmmaker and critic from Sri Lanka. He was the leader of ‘43 Group, a collective of Sri Lankan artists. The Lionel Wendt Art Centre is a major art centre and theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, dedicated to his memory. [2]
National Museum of Colombo established in 1877.. Below is a list of museums in Sri Lanka. For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
David Shillingford Paynter, RA, OBE (5 March 1900 – 7 June 1975), was an internationally renowned Sri Lankan painter. [2] He was a pioneer creator of a Sri Lankan idiom in what was essentially a Western art form.
Ivan Peries (31 July 1921 – 13 February 1988) was a founder member of the Colombo '43 Group of Sri Lankan artists, and became one of its leading painters. [1] Born near Colombo, he spent more than half his life in self-imposed exile in London and Southend-On-Sea, but his art remained to the end a prolonged meditation on his native Sri Lankan experience.
Jagath Weerasinghe (Sinhala: ජගත් වීරසිංහ; born 1954) is a Sri Lankan contemporary artist and archeologist. Weerasinghe has been a significant driving force in the development of Sri Lankan art since the early 1990s. [citation needed] He is Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology at the University of Kelaniya ...