He spent the next few years in London and in Paris studying and working, where he was influenced by the works of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Georges Braque. He returned to Ceylon in 1935, and worked for the British Museum on Ceylon antiquities and with Bronisław Malinowski. He was elected Vice President of the Ceylon National Committee of International Association of Art. He developed his style, focused on the human figure, usually female. One of his notable paintings was The Blue Nude of the American-born French entertainer Josephine Baker. In 1943, he with like-minded artists formed the Colombo '43 Group, and had his paintings on display in London and Venice in 1950's. The art critic John Berger, described Deraniyagala as a philosopher painter.[1][2][3]
Deraniyagala never married, he died on 24 May 1967, aged 64 at his family home, Nugedola Wallauwa in Pasyala in the Gampaha District.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcHEWAVITARANE, Tissa. "Justin Deraniyagala: Never at war with life". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^"Pleasurable and anxious: the art of Justin Daraniyagala – Reviewed by Jagath Weerasinghe". John Keells Foundation. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^"Glimpses of the island's multifaceted culture". Island. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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justin, pieris, deraniyagala, july, 1903, 1967, lankan, painter, deraniyagala, founder, member, colombo, group, lankan, artists, along, with, lionel, wendt, george, keyt, harold, peiris, born, 1903, july, 1903colombo, ceylondied24, 1967, 1967, aged, pasyala, c. Justin Pieris Deraniyagala 20 July 1903 24 May 1967 was a Sri Lankan painter Deraniyagala was a founder member of the Colombo 43 Group of Sri Lankan artists and along with Lionel Wendt George Keyt and Harold Peiris Justin Pieris DeraniyagalaBorn 1903 07 20 20 July 1903Colombo CeylonDied24 May 1967 1967 05 24 aged 63 Pasyala CeylonNationalitySri LankanEducationS Thomas College Mount Lavinia Trinity College Cambridge Slade School of Fine ArtOccupationpainter Born on 20 July 1903 in Colombo to Sir Paul Edward Pieris civil servant and scholar and Lady Hilda Obeyesekere Pieris He had a brother Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala a zoologist who became the Director of the National Museum of Ceylon and a sister Miriam Pieris Deraniyagala a performing artist on her own right her son is the Sri Lankan cellist Rohan de Saram Deraniyagala was educated at S Thomas College Mount Lavinia received his art training at Atellier Art School under Mudaliyar A C G S Amaraseker at the Training College under Bergen and C F Winzer In 1921 he entered Trinity College Cambridge graduating in 1924 with a BA having read law At Cambridge Deraniyagala won blues at Bantam Weight Boxing He went on to Slade School of Fine Art winning the first prize for drawing in 1928 1 He spent the next few years in London and in Paris studying and working where he was influenced by the works of Pablo Picasso Henri Matisse and Georges Braque He returned to Ceylon in 1935 and worked for the British Museum on Ceylon antiquities and with Bronislaw Malinowski He was elected Vice President of the Ceylon National Committee of International Association of Art He developed his style focused on the human figure usually female One of his notable paintings was The Blue Nude of the American born French entertainer Josephine Baker In 1943 he with like minded artists formed the Colombo 43 Group and had his paintings on display in London and Venice in 1950 s The art critic John Berger described Deraniyagala as a philosopher painter 1 2 3 Deraniyagala never married he died on 24 May 1967 aged 64 at his family home Nugedola Wallauwa in Pasyala in the Gampaha District 1 References edit a b c HEWAVITARANE Tissa Justin Deraniyagala Never at war with life Sunday Observer Retrieved 5 November 2019 Pleasurable and anxious the art of Justin Daraniyagala Reviewed by Jagath Weerasinghe John Keells Foundation Retrieved 5 November 2019 Glimpses of the island s multifaceted culture Island Retrieved 5 November 2019 nbsp This Sri Lankan biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Justin Pieris Deraniyagala amp oldid 1168816528, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
