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

A Beach in Ceylon - 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
Watercolour Heightened with White
34.7 x 52 cm

Deux Petits Singes Espiègles, Ceylan - Dorothy Naros

Dorothy Naros was a French Artist who was in Ceylon around 1928.

Deux Petits Singes Espiègles - Ceylan 

Signed and dated 1928

Watercolor and Crayon 

28 x 20.8 cm

Butcher's Shop, Colombo - Robert Richmond Campbell

Robert Richmond Campbell, O.B.E., C.M.G., (1902 - 1972) was a Scottish born artist and museum director who settled in Australia.  He was widely regarded as a leading Australian watercolorist. Campbell had a stellar thirty-year career as a museum director and gallery administrator. He was an adviser to the Federal Government's Historic Memorials Committee and a member of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts and of the Australian Watercolor Institute. Campbell traveled widely to promote Australian art and visited Ceylon in 1962.
Butcher's Shop, Colombo
Signed and dated 1962
Pen and Watercolor
24.1 x 17.8 cm

Figures in a Park - Henry George Gandy

Henry George Gandy (1879 - 1950) was a highly skilled artist who served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the Royal Engineers in Ceylon from 1924-1928. The popularity and quality of his artwork was demonstrated by the fact that his scenes of Asia were reproduced in books and on postcards by the famous publishers Raphael Tuck.
Figures in a Ceylonese Park
Signed and dated 1926
Watercolor
23.5 x 34 cm

Ceylon - George Turland Goosey

George Turland Goosey, (1877 - 1947) was a British artist. He made a name for himself initially as an architect in America. He then decided to try his hand at painting and developed an impressionistic style in oils which won him many admirers. Goosey traveled to North Africa and India and visited Ceylon in 1935.
Ceylon
Signed, 1935
Oil on Board
30.5 x 40.5 cm

Portrait of a Tamil Lady - Nancy Liddiard

Nancy Audrey Liddiard, was a British painter who studied at the Royal Academy School in London during the 1930's. At the outbreak of WWII, she made her way to Southern Rhodesia where she painted until 1942. She also painted in Egypt and visited Ceylon in 1945.
Portrait of a Tamil Lady
Unsigned, dated verso Ceylon 1945
Pencil on paper
30.5 x 24.5 cm

Louisa - Andrew Macara

Andrew Macara (born 1944), has one of the most distinctive styles of present day contemporary British Artists. A member of the Royal Society of British Artists and the New English Art Club, he is now established as a very collectible contemporary figurative artist and over the years, his paintings have been greatly sought after.
Louisa
Signed on the back
Oil on Canvas
46 x 36 cm

Early Morning Lake Columbo - John Varley the Younger

John Varley the Younger (1850-1933) is a well known and collected British artist who spent time in Ceylon during the 1890s.
Early Morning Lake Columbo
Signed, circa 1891
Oil on Wooden Panel
34 x 27 cm

Sigiriya Lake - Henry George Gandy

Henry George Gandy (1879 - 1950) was a highly skilled artist who served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the Royal Engineers in Ceylon from 1924-1928. The popularity and quality of his artwork was demonstrated by the fact that his scenes of Asia were reproduced in books and on postcards by the famous publishers Raphael Tuck. This watercolor of Sigiriya Lake was exhibited at the Ceylon Society of Arts Exhibition in 1928.
Sigiri Lake
Signed and dated 1928
Watercolor
23 x 35.5 cm

Colombo Harbour - R. L. Williams

R.L.Williams was an artist from Great Britain who visited Ceylon during the 1950s. This view of the Colombo Harbour is probably from the ship he travelled in.
Colombo Harbour
Signed and dated 1951
Watercolor
38 x 26 cm

Bullock Carts - Senaka Senanayake

Senaka Senanayake (born 1951), is a Sri Lankan artist who attained fame early in life as a prodigy, for his works of art.
Bullock Carts
Signed and dated 1969
Oil on Canvas
53.50 x 70 cm

Village Scene - Ernst Vollbehr

Ernst Vollbehr (1876 - 1960) was a well known German artist who was employed as a propaganda painter during the World Wars. He visited Ceylon during the early part of the Twentieth Century.
Village Scene
Signed, circa 1920
Gouache
47.5 x 63.5 cm

Horses - Senaka Senanayake

Senaka Senanayake (born 1951) is a Sri Lankan artist who attained fame early in life as a prodigy, for his works of art.
Horses
Signed and dated 1989
Acrylic on Canvas
75 x 130 cm

Flower Garden - George Beven

George Beven (Born 1930 ) is a renowned Sri Lankan artist. His paintings capture the beauty of Sri Lanka as he sees and feels.
Flower Garden
Signed and dated 1993
Acrylic on Paper
46 x 64 cm

Trincomalee - Carl Wagn

Carl Wagn was a Danish artist who was in Ceylon in the late 1940s and did many landscapes of the island. This is unquestionably his finest work.
Signed and dated 1948
Oil on Canvas
57 x 42 cm

Evening at the Beach - Ivan Peries

Ivan Peries (1921 – 1988)  was a Sri Lankan painter, and a founder member of the 43 Group.
Evening on the Beach
Signed and dated 1976
Oil on Board

Under the Night Sky - Ivan Peries

Ivan Peries (1921 – 1988)  was a Sri Lankan painter, and a founder member of the 43 Group.
Under the Night Sky
Signed and dated 1970
Oil on board
61 x 47 cm

Seevali Maha Rahathan Wahanse - Solias Mendis

Walimuni Solias Mendis (1897 – 1975) was a renowned Sri Lankan artist primarily known for his temple paintings, accomplished in a neo-classical style.
Seevali Maha Rahathan Wahanse
Signed
Watercolor

Shanties by the Canal - G. S. Fernando

Gamwasi Senarath Fernando (1904 - 1990) was one of Ceylon's foremost watercolorists and poster artists.
Shanties by the Canal
Signed, 1960s
Watercolor
30 x 40 cm

Fisherman - G. S. Fernando

Gamwasi Senarath Fernando (1904 - 1990) was one of Ceylon's foremost watercolorists and poster artists.
Fisherman
Signed, 1960s
Watercolor
30 x 40 cm

Untitled Abstract - George Claessen

George Claessen (1909 - 1999) was another Sri Lankan artist who was a founder member of the 43 Group.
Abstract
Signed and dated 1980
Acrylic on Paper

Men and Trees - Ivan Peries

Ivan Peries (1921 – 1988)  was a Sri Lankan painter, and a founder member of the 43 Group.
Men and Trees
Signed and dated 1976
Watercolor
50 x 72 cm

Sigiriya - G. S. Fernando

Gamwasi Senarath Fernando (1904 - 1990) was one of Ceylon's foremost watercolorists and poster artists.
Sigiriya
Signed, 1960s
Watercolor
30 x 40 cm

Three Women - George Keyt

George Keyt (1901 – 1993) was yet another founder member of the 43 Group. He is often considered Sri Lanka's most distinguished modern painter.
Three Women
Signed, 1973
Oil on Canvas
64 x 64 cm

An Evening Stroll - A. C. G. S. Amarasekera

Gate Mudaliyar Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriachi Amarasekara (1883-1983) was one of Ceylon's first well known artists. In addition, he was an art teacher and an amateur magician.
An Evening Stroll
Signed and dated 1922
Watercolor

Nude - George Claessen

George Claessen (1909 - 1999) was another Sri Lankan artist who was a founder member of the 43 Group.
Nude
Signed and dated 1980
India Ink on  Paper

Paddy Fields - Donald Ramanayake

Donald Ramanayake (1920 - 1993) was one of Sri Lanka's most gifted landscape artists.
Paddy Fields
Signed
Oil on board

Portrait - Richard Gabriel

Richard Gabriel was a founder member of the 43 Group.
Portrait of Martin Wickramasinghe
Signed and dated 1974
Oil on Canvas
76 x 120 cm

Portrait - David Paynter

David Shillingford Paynter RA, OBE (1900–1975), was an internationally renowned Sri Lankan painter.
Portrait of Martin Wickramasinghe
Signed and dated 1961
Oil on Canvas
92 x 152 cm

Woman - Ivan Peiris

Ivan Peries (1921 – 1988)  was a Sri Lankan painter, and a founder member of the 43 Group.
Woman
Signed and dated 1974
Oil on Board

Batticoloa Lagoon - Carl Wagn

Carl Wagn was a Danish artist who was in Ceylon in the late 1940s and did many landscapes of the island.
Batticoloa Lagoon
Signed and dated 1948
Oil on Canvas
57 x 42 cm