Lionel Wendt
| Lionel Wendt | |
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| Born |
3 December 1900 Sri Lanka |
| Died | 19 December 1944 (aged 44) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Education | S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Inner Temple, Royal Academy of Music |
| Occupation | musician, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer. |
Lionel Wendt (3 December 1900 – 19 December 1944) was a Sri Lankan pianist, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer. The Lionel Wendt Art Centre is a major art centre and theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, dedicated to his memory.[1]
Wendt's friend and poet Pablo Neruda wrote in his memoirs that Wendt "was the central figure of a cultural life torn between the death rattles of the Empire and a human appraisal of the untapped values of Ceylon." [2]
References
- ↑ "A man with a vision". sundaytimes .lk.
- ↑ "Lionel Wendt". suriyakantha.
External links
- Lionel Wendt at the Internet Movie Database
- SONG OF CEYLON
- Lionel WENDT – National Gallery of Australia
- Lionel Wendt web site in The Netherlands
- Art Direct From The Artist-Nude Lionel Wendt
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