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Fernando became a member of the Ceylon Social Service League, running a sewing school for underprivileged girls for several years. [1] She developed her watercolour painting technique while illustrating the country's indigenous orchids for her brother-in-law Ernest Zoysa. [1] [3] Fernando travelled during the 1940s, collecting and painting ...
Ladies' College is a private girls' school in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded on behalf of the Church Missionary Society by Lilian Nixon in 1900. The school is managed by the Anglican Church of Ceylon , and falls under the Diocese of Colombo .
Buddhist Ladies' College is a private girls' primary and secondary school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The school was established by Mohandas De Mel on May 20, 1954. [1] It is one of the leading government-approved schools in Colombo. [2] The first principal of the school was Clara Motwani. [3] The current principal is Padmaseeli Lyanage. [4]
Kim Pieters (born 1959), painter, musician and digital filmmaker; Molima Molly Pihigia (born 1950/51), weaver; Ada May Plante (1875–1950), painter; Diane Prince (born 1952), painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and set designer; Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver, writer
A diploma in Fine Arts was awarded to students upon the completion of five years of study. Prominent painter and teacher J.D.A. Perera was the first Principal of this institution. [8] On 2 July 1952, Music and Dance were included in to the curriculum and the institute became named the ‘Government College of Fine Arts’.
Musaeus College is a Buddhist private girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The school is named after its founding principal, Marie Musaeus Higgins (1855 – 10 July 1926) from Wismar , Germany , who served as the school's principal from 1891 to 1926.
This is a list of women artists who were born in England or whose works are closely associated with that ... (1886–1967), painter; Ruth Abrahams (1931–2000 ...
Mahlangu directs a school which teaches young girls not only painting but also the technique of painting designs on particular compositions of beads. [19] [20] The tradition is not a static entity. As the work of the same Mahlangu suggests, "tradition" is a mobile field, future-oriented and ready to incorporate diverse stimuli.