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