Morgen in Kandy - Leo Fritze

Leo Fritze, (1903 - 1974) was a German artist. Born in Königsberg, he studied at the Kunstakademie Königsberg and in Berlin under Eugen Bracht. Not much is known about Fritze’s career except that he travelled extensively and painted scenes from his visits to Italy, Egypt and Asia. Leo Fritze lived in Ceylon for extended periods during the 1930’s and 1940’s. 

Morgen in Kandy

85 x 95 cm

Oil on Canvas

Signed and dated 1946

 

Bauer - Hannes Fritz

Johannes Adam Fritz, (1896 - 1981) was a German artist. He studied at Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich and built up a reputation as a portrait painter. Also known as Fritz-München, for his habit of signing his work by pairing his name with the city of Munich, Fritz travelled to India and became a court painter to several maharajahs in India. He visited India 5 times from 1932 - 1937 and painted more than 55 portraits of Indian Royalty and senior British civil servants. Fritz visited Ceylon in 1937.

Hommes sur une barge à Ceylan - Alfred Benoît Caillaud

Alfred Benoît Caillaud, (1858 -1940) was a French artist who specialized in maritime paintings, still-life paintings showing fruits and flowers and interior scenes. Caillaud visited Ceylon around 1896.
Hommes sur une barge à Ceylan
Signed, inscribed and dated, 1896
Watercolor
47 x 69.5 cm

Seascape Ceylon - George Richard Deakins

George Richard Deakins, (1911-1981) was an English painter. A Petty Officer in the Royal Navy, Deakins began painting to relieve boredom while serving on a British cruiser in the Indian Ocean during World War II. Deakins’ distinctive thick impasto style of painting in thick textured oils with skilled use of the palette knife made his work look contemporary even by today’s standards.
Seascape Ceylon
Signed and dated 1954
Oil on Board
33.5 x 33 cm

Fishing Boats on a Bay - William Wright Beling

William Wright Beling, (1867-1928) was one of the first modern painters of Ceylon. He was the father of 43 Group artist George Beling.
Fishing Boats on a Bay
Circa 1894
Watercolour Heightened with White
34.7 x 52 cm

View of Colombo from Mutwal - William Wright Beling

 William Wright Beling, (1867-1928) was one of the first modern painters of Ceylon. He was the father of 43 Group artist George Beling.
View of Colombo from Mutwal
Circa 1894
Watercolour Heightened with White
34.7 x 52 cm

River View with Adam's Peak in Background - William Wright Beling

William Wright Beling, (1867-1928) was one of the first modern painters of Ceylon. He was the father of 43 Group artist George Beling.
A Beach in Ceylon
Circa 1894
River View with Adam's Peak in Background
34.7 x 52 cm