Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture by the ‘43 Group, 20 to 28 November 1943, at 525 Darley Road, Colombo. All takings at the door were donated to the Deaf & Blind School.

W. J. G. BELING

1. Jaffna Rest House
2. Still Life Composition
3. Portrait of Mr Penman
4. Searchlights in Moonlight
5. Landscape
6. Madras Thorn from the Window
7. Still-life with Palette

A. C. COLLETTE

8. Landscape with Buildings
9. Landscape with Trees
10. Upcountry Landscape
11. Portrait of Mr Jansz
12. Cat
13. Still-life with Guitar
14. Trees

GEORGE CLAESSEN

15. Toy Groups
16. Yellow Wild-flowers
17. Kingfisher
18. Old Woman
19. Adam’s Peak across City Buildings
20. Mother and Child
21. Exposition of Mother and Child
22. Roger – nude
23. Nude Female
24. Portrait of Julian Perera

R. D. CLAESSEN

25. (Sculpture) Creole Head
26. Beetle with Dung Ball
27. Immigrant
28. Federation
29. Philomela
30. Paperweights

J. F. PIERIS DARANIYAGALA

31. Waiting for the Moon to Shine
32. Very Poor People (1)
33. Very Poor People (2)
34. Strange Interlude
35. East is East
36. Artist and Model
37. Notes for a New Mythology

R. D. GABRIEL

38. The Customer isn’t always right
39. Unwelcome Visitor
40. Study of a Young Girl
41. Platform
42. Self-portrait
43. Landscape
44. Connoisseur
45. Idyll
46. House by the Way-side
47. (Pastel) Mid-country Scene
48. Platform
49. Portrait of an Old Man
50. Siesta

GEORGE KEYT

51. Kinnara
52. Vasanta Raga
53. Nayika
54. Girl Bathing
55. Nayika
56. Shakuntala
57. The Journey
58. The Toilet
59. Bhima and Jarasandha
60. Woman and Child
61. (Pastel) The Lovers
62. Composition
63. (Water-colour) Tale

MANJUSRI THERO

64. Winter in
65. Family
66. Two Sisters
67. Spectators
68. Lotus
69. Tibetan Orchids
70. Mara
71. Muktalata
72. (Water-colour) The Dhamma Introduced to China
73. A Santai Mother and Child
74. The Buddha’s Journey to lsipatana
75. The Dancers
76. Study for Mara

IVAN PERIES

77. Dora
78. Portrait: W. J. G. Beling
79. The Chess Player
80. Portrait of a Writer
81. Landscape
82. Two-piano Conversation Piece
83. Pink Earth
84. Vedehette Estate

HARRY PIERIS

85. Portrait: Mrs Nihal Gunasekara
86. Portrait: Mrs David Rockwood
87. Landscape: Bengal Village
88. Jaina Bhavana – Santiniketan
89. Bhuvanagar Village, Bengal

Y. J. THURING

90. Yellow Snake
91. Lovers

WALTER WITHARNE

92. The River Cloud
93. Rassagala
94. Departing Day, Ratnapura
95. Katugas Ela
96. The Peak from Kalawana
97. Lakgala, Bandarawela
98. From the Vicarage, Ratnapura
99. The Haze
100. Ginigathhena
101. Bulutota
102. Bopath Ela Falls
103. Dawn, Balangoda
104. Ratnapura Floods
105. Evening – Ratnapura
106. The Peak from Ratnapura
107. Water-colour
108. The Kelani in Spate