Showing posts with label Ceylon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ceylon. Show all posts

Monday, March 11, 2013

Ladies College Girls... Do you recognise anyone in the picture?



Yes, from December 1931! 
Please let me know if you can recognise anyone in the picture.
Back row, second from left in a dark sari is Nita Proctor, seated on the left, Miss Ranji Breckenridge.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Vintage Poster of Ceylon - the Anura Saparamadu Collection. BAREFOOT GALLERY, Colombo.









PLEASE DO NOT MISS THIS EXHIBITION - IT IS BRILLIANT.

The posters designed by C.K.L.Samarasingha and G. S Fernando for the Government Tourist Bureau are gems;  Reggie Candappa's work is also superb.


Anura Saparamadu has been collecting classic posters of Ceylon for a long time. Through the years his poster collection grew to more than 250 examples that showcased the talents of Ceylon's artists. In 2011, Anura published 'Vintage Posters of Ceylon' a cofee table book that featured his entire collection. 
This exhibition highlights some of the finest examples of Vintage Ceylon posters from the late 1890s up to 1972.


Reproductions are available for sale at 3000/- and postcards at 350/-

Friday, May 27, 2011

The Morton Cole Combo - Bliss

With thanks to Sanji and Fiona Gunasekara for producing this.

Check out the picture at 2 minutes....