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George Keyt (1901–1993), born into a Burgher family in Kandy, devoted himself to painting from 1927. The Buddhist environment of his home city shaped both his visual and literary work. He brought European modern practices into dialogue with South Asian pictorial traditions, notably the frescoes of Ajanta and Sigiriya. Jātaka stories and Hindu and Buddhist deities appear alongside villagers, dancers, traders and local landscapes. A founding member of the 43 Group, he contributed to the emergence of independent artists in Sri Lanka. Exhibiting mainly in India and Sri Lanka, he also showed in Western capitals. His translations of poetry and illustrated collections of Sinhalese folk tales extended this exchange between text and image.
This profile brings together identity references for George Keyt and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
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Coloured chalk on paper
Frauenkopf, 1947
Farbkreide auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2015-06-20
Published result : 3369 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2500–3000
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Gouache on cardboard
Die Musizierende, 1947
Gouache auf Karton
Catalogue period : 2013-06-15
Published result : 8512 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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