George Bevan at 90 : Seven decades of art-BY MAHES PERERA Source:-Sundayobserver Regular readers of the Ceylon Observer in the ’50s would no doubt be familiar with the name George Bevan – artist and illustrator whose drawings were used by Anne Abayasekera then Editor of the Women’s pages. And on the other hand George Bevan believes that he was the first artist employed by a Sri Lankan newspaper. He did not, as he says, undertake to draw political cartoons as Collette was the man handling this area at Lake House. With the passage of time, we are now in the 2019s; George Bevan has turned 90 years and to commemorate this for future records, “George Bevan at 90, Seven Decades of Art” will be on display at the Barefoot Gallery, Colombo 3 until September 20. The exhibition opened on August 23. What of his painting style? In an earlier ...
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George Bevan at 90 : Seven decades of art- BY MAHES PERERA Source:-sundayobserver Regular readers of the Ceylon Observer in the ’50s would no doubt be familiar with the name George Bevan – artist and illustrator whose drawings were used by Anne Abayasekera then Editor of the Women’s pages. And on the other hand George Bevan believes that he was the first artist employed by a Sri Lankan newspaper. He did not, as he says, undertake to draw political cartoons as Collette was the man handling this area at Lake House. With the passage of time, we are now in the 2019s; George Bevan has turned 90 years and to commemorate this for future records, “George Bevan at 90, Seven Decades of Art” will be on display at the Barefoot Gallery, Colombo 3 until September 20. The exhibition opened on August 23. What of his painting style? In an earlier ...
