About Tissa Ranasinghe
Lived 1925 – 2019 (aged 93–94). Tissa Ranasinghe was a Sri Lankan sculptor.
Tissa Ranasinghe (May 9, 1925 – November 2019) was a Sri Lankan artist known for his work in bronze. Born in 1925 the village of Yogiyana, he studied art at the College of Fine Arts, Colombo, in 1949, the year it was opened in the enthusiastic flowering of Ceylonese culture that followed the country's independence. After earning a diploma in 1952 he continued his studies at Britain's Chelsea School of Art and then the Royal College of Art,
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Who was Tissa Ranasinghe?
Sri Lankan artist
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Tissa Ranasinghe was born in 1925.
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Tissa Ranasinghe died in 2019.
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Tissa Ranasinghe was a sculptor.
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Tissa Ranasinghe was Sri Lankan.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Tissa Ranasinghe. https://biography.guide/tissa-ranasinghe/
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