Rickshaws Outside the Regal Cinema, Colombo, 1956/57.
Oil on Board; 49cm x 56cm. Present Owner Unknown


This publication also celebrates George Beven's seventy-fifth birthday and his achievements. It marks this 'blending of souls' between Wolfgang Stange and George Beven, an association that has grown over thirty years.

George Beven: A Life in Art
is a celebration of Sri Lanka's most accomplished painters and one who has achieved his place in the hierarchy of art through a seemingly endless odyssey of search and discovery.

George Beven in his studio in Negombo
(PHOTOGRAPH BY DOMINIC SANSONI)

This web site portrays text and images from the book
George Beven - A Life in Art by Neville Weereratne