Keyt (1901–1993) was born in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and educated at Trinity College (Kandy), an elite colonial school in the British public school tradition. Stemming from Indo-Dutch origins, Keyt gave much time from an early age to drawing and the study of art, and developed a consuming passion for books and reading. The spell of the ancient hill capital and its Buddhist aura soon came to exercise a powerful and lasting influence and was to provide both th ...