User:Fredericknoronha/Lancelot Ribeiro

Lancelot Ribeiro was a prolific Indian modern artist who is considered to have been at "the vanguard of the influx of Indian artists to Britain". He was the half-brother of the globally-noted Indian artist of Goan origin, F.N. Souza.

The Independent newspaper said: "Lancelot Ribeiro was one of the most original Indian painters who settled in Britain after the Second World War. Although there has been a surge of dealer and collector interest in artists from the subcontinent, Ribeiro remains relatively unknown compared with contemporaries such as his half-brother FN Souza, Avinash Chandra, Balraj Khanna and Anish Kapoor."

In 2017, as part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, an exhibition was held in association with the British Museum, Burgh House Museum, Camden Archives, Central Saint Martins and the V&A. It presented "a few iconic pieces selected from this artist’s body of work alongside the limited series of naturalistic watercolours, inspired by Hampstead Heath, as well as archival material from the family collection." Called 'Ribeiro: A Celebration of Life, Love and Passion', it concludes on 16 March 2017 to coincide with the final week of the Burgh House Retracing Ribeiro exhibition. The Retracing Ribeiro project explores the artistic and cultural heritage of the prolific Indian modern artist,