'43 Group (art collective)
| '43 Group | |
|---|---|
| Years active | 29 August 1943–1964 |
| Location | Sri Lanka |
| Major figures | Lionel Wendt, Geoffrey Beling, George Claessen, Aubrey Collette, Justin Daraniyagala, Richard Gabriel, George Keyt, Ivan Peries, Harry Pieris, L. T. P. Manjusri Thero and others. |
| Influences | Sri Lankan art, European art, Charles Freegrove Winzer |
| Influenced | Progressive Artists' Group (PAG) |
The '43 Group was a 20th-century modern art school established in August 1943 in Colombo, Sri Lanka (then British Ceylon).
The group was essentially an association of like-minded artists who had broken away from the Ceylon Society of Arts, led by photographer and critic Lionel Wendt, and originally included nine painters as key members (listed alphabetically): Geoffrey Beling, George Claessen, Aubrey Collette, Justin Daraniyagala, Richard Gabriel, George Keyt, Ivan Peries, Harry Pieris (the first and only Secretary of the Group), and the Ver. Manjusri Thero.[1][2][3]
The group were influenced by Charles Freegrove Winzer, to whom Keyt and Beling had been pupils.[4][5][6][7]
The paintings of the group constituted a historic break in Sri Lankan and, more generally, South Asian tradition. Art historian Jagath Weerasinghe wrote that the most significant achievement of the 43 Group was their localization of European modernist trends into a distinctively Sri Lankan modernist art.[8]
Lester James Peries became a later associate of the group.[3]
The Group also promoted Kandyan dance and other Sri Lankan dance forms.[9]
External links
[edit | edit source]- 43 Group Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Birth Anniversary of Harry Pieries: A Life in Art
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Modern Art in Sri Lanka (later known as L. T. P. Manjusri). Albert Dharmasiri
- ^ Elements of an art lover Archived 2015-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Ceylon Today, Retrieved 10 June 2015
- ^ a b Remembering a patriotic artist by Godwin Witane, Retrieved 11 June 2015
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- ^ Traditional dance in British Ceylon Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine by Kamalika Pieris (The Island), Retrieved 22 October 2016
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