George Keyt

Acquired directly from the artist via Sita de Silva, Colombo, 1991

Sita de Silva (1935 - 2018) served as the founding Secretary of the George Keyt Foundation from its establishment in June 1988. Together with her husband Cedric, the Foundation’s founding Chairman, she helped launch and manage major annual programmes such as the Kala Pola art fair, the Young Contemporaries exhibition and numerous other events that provided vital exposure for Sri Lankan artists. Visionaries in their own right, the de Silvas worked tirelessly to promote and preserve the legacy of their friend George Keyt, and are widely remembered for their enduring contribution to the development of modern and contemporary Sri Lankan art.