Senanayake biography

One among them was Dr. To dispel his doubts, he was invited to the Senanayake residence to watch young Senaka paint. Over the next few years, he received a great deal of attention and appreciation for his work around the world. Although he painted copiously and held many shows both in his native country as well as abroad, it was only after he went to Yale University for graduation in Art and Architecture did he realize that his true calling lay in the field of art.

For the past decade, Senanayake has concentrated his art as a medium for environmental advocacy: depicting beautiful scenes from the rainforest to promote public awareness of environmental degradation in his native Sri Lanka and around the world. Senanayake's work shows a fervent passion for nature's beauty and a great knowledge of the flora and fauna of the rainforest.

His work has been shown at most parts of Europe and South Asia with critical acclaim. Till date he has more than solo shows to his credit, and numerous group shows in the countries of Europe, China, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Czechoslovakia, Korea and Egypt to name a few. He Lives and works in Sri Lanka. Ltd, Notify me when Senaka Senanayake works come up for sale on Artiana.

Please contact me regarding a work by Senaka Senanayake that I would like to offer for auction on Artiana. During the Second World War, when Ceylon faced challenges on the back of reduced foreign rice supplies, Senanayake opened new trade with Egypt and Brazil and increased imports of, the less scarce, wheat flour by tenfold. Senanayake strongly emphasized on the importance of and benefits associated with cooperatives and attempted to empower the Ceylonese people with agricultural modernization.

Although Senanayake was bestowed the title of Knighthood from the British which was a great honour to both himself and the nation, D. Senanayake politely declined it in with tremendous gratitude to the British for their goodwill. He and his elder brother F. Senanayake and other associates namely Sir D. Jayah, E. Perer, amongst others, spearheaded the Independence Movement of Ceylon.

This intellectual and enthusiastic group were the engineers of the success of the struggle which was achieved with zero casualties. After being appointed as the Prime Minister in , he won the hearts of the nation and gained respect from all ethnicities and European communities. He was also able to maintain the morale of the civil service during the transition period, despite the loss of British workforce.

His Gal Oya multipurpose scheme to colonize uninhabited areas, resettled and provided homes and facilities to , people. October Learn how and when to remove this message. The Right Honourable. Early life and education [ edit ]. Main article: Senanayake family. Early career [ edit ]. Political career [ edit ]. Early political activism [ edit ].

Legislative Council [ edit ]. State Council of Ceylon [ edit ]. Minister of Agriculture and Lands [ edit ]. World War II [ edit ]. Gaining independence [ edit ]. First prime minister [ edit ]. National development [ edit ]. Citizenship [ edit ]. Foreign policy [ edit ]. Defence [ edit ]. Political challenges [ edit ]. Death [ edit ].

Personal life [ edit ]. Marriage and children [ edit ]. Legacy [ edit ]. Electoral history [ edit ]. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Senanayake — The Father of the Nation". Senanayake: A leader with extraordinary vision". Archived from the original on 29 March Senanayake prime minister of Ceylon". Encyclopedia Britannica.

Buddhism Betrayed? University of Chicago Press. ISBN Indiana University Press. Archived from the original on 18 August Retrieved 21 July Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: — by K. De Silva, William Howard Wriggins, p. The London Gazette. Senanayake — A nation's father, undisputed leader of all time Daily FT". Daily News. Daily News, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 4 June Retrieved 20 June External links [ edit ].

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Senanayake biography

Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka. Defence Ministers of Sri Lanka. Leaders of the House. Jayatilaka D. Senanayake Bandaranaike Kotelawala Jayewardene C. Harold Higginson. Lancelot Elphinstone. Wilfrid Wentworth Woods. Victor Corea. James Peiris. Don Baron Jayatilaka. Arunachalam Mahadeva. Gerard Wijeyekoon. George E. Ponnambalam Ramanathan. Sabaratnam from 19 Feb.

Waithilingam Duraiswamy. Suppiramaniam Rajaratnam. Forester Augustus Obeyesekere. Godfrey Edward Madawala. Henry Kotelawala. Alexander Francis Molamure. Arthur Hamilton Ekneligoda Molamure. Mohamed Macan Markar N. Abdul Cader T. Pereira S. Muhammad Sultan K. Natesa Iyer from 11 Dec. Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. Nugawela Senerat Gunewardene K.

Natesa Iyer George E. Abeygunasekera M. Banda Bennet Soysa S. Canagaratnam S. Dharmaretnam E. Tambimuttu V. Arunachalam Mahadeva S. Natesan Waithilingam Duraiswamy R. Freeman P. Claude Corea R. Ilangantileke U. Goonesekera Alexander Francis Molamure N. Amarasuriya D. Rajapaksa D. Rajapaksa Raja Hewavitarne R. Kannangara S. Henry Kotelawala D.

Gunasekera J. Rajakulendran G. Rambukpotha Wijeyananda Dahanayake. Philip Gunawardena Bernard Jayasuriya A. Goonesinha M.