David Paynter (artist)

David Shillingford Paynter, RA, OBE (5 March 1900 – 7 June 1975), was an internationally renowned Sri Lankan painter. He was a pioneer creator of a Sri Lankan idiom in what was essentially a Western art form. His most celebrated works are his murals at the Trinity College Chapel in Kandy and the Chapel of the Transfiguration, at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. The Sri Lanka Philatelic Bureau commemorated Christmas in 1996 with two stamps featuring the murals from the Trinity Chapel.

This article is about the Sri Lankan artist. For other people named David Paynter, see David Paynter (disambiguation).
David Shillingford Paynter
Born
David Shillingford Paynter

(1900-03-05)5 March 1900
Almora, India
Died7 June 1975(1975-06-07) (aged 75)
Sri Lanka
Resting placeUnion Church Cemetery, Nuwara Eliya
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationTrinity College, Kandy, Royal Academy
Heywood Institute of Art
Occupation(s)Artist, Teacher
Notable workMurals at Trinity College Chapel, Chapel of the Transfiguration, S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Portrait of Ivor Jennings
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