George Keyt, A Portrait Of The Artist by Albert Dharmasiri

Published by The National Trust

George Keyt (1901 - 1903), the inexhaustible genius blessed with an extraordinary creative imagination, whose artistic creations have played a central role in the cultural life of the nation over half a century, was one of Sri Lanka's greatest painters of the twentieth century. With an absolute dedication to art, illuminated by his Bohemian personality he transformed himself into a legend in his own lifetime. The images of his pictorial narratives are powerful, vibrant and erotically discharged.