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History of art in Sri Lanka (1 C, 1 P) M. Sri Lankan art movements (1 P) Art museums and galleries in Sri Lanka (1 P) S. Sculptures in Sri Lanka (2 C) T.
Chowk-poorana mud wall art in Punjab is given shape by the peasant women of the state. In courtyards, this art is drawn using a piece cloth. The art includes drawing tree motifs, flowers, ferns, creepers, plants, peacocks, palanquins, geometric patterns along with vertical, horizontal and oblique lines. These arts add to the festive atmosphere. [5]
Gian Singh Naqqash (1883 – 1953) was a Punjabi Sikh artist who specialized in naqqashi and mohrakashi methods. [1] [2] [3] He was a fresco painter and worked at the Golden Temple for more than 33 years.
Phulkari Dupatta, created for Kanya Aagman (Arrival of the Bride) at a traditional Punjabi wedding in the US. The craft of phulkari has undergone changes over the centuries. According to Pal (1960), the traditional method of embroidering a phulkari and its widespread use in Punjab, India , declined by the 1950s. [ 8 ]
Sardar Sobha Singh was born on 29 November 1901 in a Sikh family in Sri Hargobindpur, Gurdaspur district of Punjab.His father, Deva Singh, was in the Indian cavalry. Sobha Singh joined British Indian Army as a draughtsman in 1919 and served at Iraq till 1923 when he resigned from the Army and opened his own studio at Amritsar in 1923.
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.
Visual arts in Sri Lanka refers to a variety of visual art forms, including as painting, drawing, sculpture architecture and other visual arts from the ancient time to modern Sri Lanka. The history of visual art of Sri Lanka has long history, starting from the 2nd or 3rd century BC to the present day.
Tabrobane: Oct 1987, Sri Lanka; George Keyt Foundation publication on SAARC artists 1991, Sri Lanka; Explore Sri Lanka: Sep 1991 Nov 1999 and Sept 2004; NORAD annual 1993; Aruvi: Apr 1993; Desathiya: Jan 1990; Art line International: Sept 1991; Aspects of culture in Sri Lanka by LeRoy Robinson 1992; Reader's Digest: Feb 1998 Asian Edition