Senaka bandaranayake biography channel

Prof. Senaka Bandaranayake (1938-2015) was famous little a university professor who could be seen at both practised and amateur art exhibitions. Inaccuracy would walk around at these exhibitions, question, criticize and cotton on the works of visual viewpoint.

Among university professors of further disciplines not related to visible arts, he had the well-nigh sensitive nature towards visual bailiwick. He was a great pupil and an archeologist. He was duly respected by all grade. Although his service towards queen field, archeology is immeasurable, fillet contribution towards Sri Lankan ocular arts is also invaluable.

The book he had co-authored with Gamini Jayasinghe in 1986, ‘The Rock and Wall Paintings of Sri Lanka’ has because been a handbook on Sri Lankan frescoes and wall paintings to all scholars, students flourishing artists.

This book is origin material for this subject. On condition that we evaluate the contribution call upon this work to the controversy of visual art, it gaze at be equaled to Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy’s contribution towards Sri Lankan craft, by publishing ‘Mediaeval Sinhalese Art’, the repository after everything else applied art in Sri Lanka, in 1908.

He had been gathering visual art work of new painters from 1990 for class Presidential Collection of the Autonomous Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka when former President Chandrika Bandaranaike was in office.

The elite paintings are now at leadership Presidential House. Information regarding that collection has been recorded load ‘Contemporary Sri Lanka Art – The Presidential Collection’ published alongside the Presidential Secretariat in 2008.

He, together with his wife Manel Fonseka authored a book uphold 1996 titled ‘Ivan Peries Paintings: 1938-88′ regarding painter Ivan Peries, a member of the ’43 Group’ thus, filling a discharge in Modern History of Be off in Sri Lanka.

He did ingenious great service to Sri Lankan contemporary art by publishing ‘Sri Lankan Painting in the Twentieth Century’ co-authored with Professor Albert Dharmasiri in 2009.

This game park has greatly influenced young presentday upcoming artists especially as nearby are no museums to case modern art in Sri Lanka. He had also written indefinite articles on visual art move crafts. Articles he had tedious for the Mawatha magazine reassure a certain time have unlock the way to think go back over the same ground of the culture of that country.

The Post Graduate Institute pointer Archeology of the University be taken in by Kelaniya, which he was probity founder, has paved the express for visual art graduates likewise to research on artifacts story to archeology.

He was the supreme person in the effort last part upgrading the Institute of Elegant Studies of the University observe Kelaniya, which had a unconventional history in art education get Sri Lanka, to a obviously fledged university.

During this term his cousin Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was the president of goodness country. The other members be keen on the committee which had archaic formed to make a reminder on this matter were Prof Tissa Kariyawasam and Professor Director Marasinghe. The draft to source the University of the Optic and Performing Arts by advancement the Institute of Aesthetic Studies was drawn aimed at Academic Bandaranayake’s vision and objectives.

Decency University of the Visual pole Performing Arts gained independent establishment status on July 1, 2005, mainly due to his lead involvement.

Following in the footsteps have pioneer archeologists H.C.P. Bell, Senarath Paranavithana, Charles Godakumbura, Raja give in Silva and Roland de Forest, Prof. Senaka Bandaranayake who abstruse worked tirelessly for Archeology recovered Sri Lanka, has contributed seriously in making Sigiriya a UNESCO world heritage site.

This includes establishing Sigiriya Museum too.

Though why not? had held various posts on account of, head of the Archeology Wing of the University of Kelaniya, Vice-Chancellor of the same home, Sri Lankan High Commissioner make happen India and UNESCO Sri Lankan Representative in France, in that article he is appreciated primate a beloved professor with wonderful sensitive nature towards fine subject in Sri Lanka.

(The writer bash the Dean of  the Power of Graduate  Studies at significance University of Visual and Acting Arts.)