List of Burmese visual artists
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Following is a partial list of Burmese visual artists, including painters, sculptors and photographers.
| Name | Born | Died | Medium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aung Khin Aung Khin Aung Khin was a Burmese painter who became prominent in the Mandalay art world. He is well-known as one of the foremost and earliest of modernistic painters in Burma.-Training, Memberships, and Associations:... |
1921 | 1996 | Painter |
| Aung Kyaw Htet | 1965 | Painter | |
| Aung Myint Aung Myint Aung Myint ; born 27 October 1946 is a Burmese painter and performance artist. He is considered a pioneer in experimental art, rejecting traditional romanticism and confronting social and critical issues through a range of distinctive styles and media.-Life:... |
1946 | Painter | |
| Ba Gyan Ba Gyan Ba Gyan was a pioneering Burmese cartoonist, who created the first cartoon movie released in Burma in 1935. Ba Gyan's cartoons covered a wide variety of topics and events, and ridiculed human frailties such as discourtesy, dishonesty, snobbery, arrogance, inefficiency and sloth.Ba Gyan was born in... |
1902 | 1953 | Cartoonist |
| Bagyi Aung Soe | 1924 | 1990 | Painter |
| Ba Kyi Ba Kyi Ba Kyi, FRSA was a well-known and prolific Burmese artist. He was initially trained in western painting, but in the post-WWII independence period, he initiated a revivial of Traditional painting, borrowing from the Western training he had received as well as his own cultural heritage of painting... |
1912 | 2000 | Painter |
| Ba Nyan Ba Nyan Ba Nyan was a Burmese painter who has been called the greatest name in modern painting in Myanmar. His oil paintings were quiet and academic in their style, but display occasional flashes of virtuosity in bold brushstrokes and skillful handling of the medium.... |
1897 | 1945 | Painter |
| Bogalay Kyaw Hlaing | 1914 | 1996 | Painter |
| Hla Myint Swe Hla Myint Swe (artist) Hla Myint Swe is an artist, photographer and author from Myanmar. He was born in Bamaw, Kachin State, Myanmar in 1948. He attended the Defence Services Academy, Pyin Oo Lwin and after graduating served in various positions as an army officer... |
1948 | Ink drawing, photography | |
| Htein Lin Htein Lin - Early life :Htein Lin was born in Mezaligon, Sagaing Division in northern Burma. From 1985, he studied for a Bachelor of Law degree at Yangon University... |
1966 | Painter and performance artist | |
| Kan Chun Kan Chun Kan Chun was a Burmese satirist, journalist, novelist, cartoonist and painter from Mandalay, Burma . He was a prolific cartoonist and writer; he published 73 books. He died in August 2009 of cancer.-Early life:... |
1946 | 2009 | Painter |
| Kin Maung Kin Maung Kin Maung was a Burmese painter and sponsor of the arts who was influential in the art world of Mandalay, Myanmar. More importantly, however, he was the major force for the development of a modernistic movement in painting in Burma, which began in the early 1960s.In 1952, Kin Maung became a bank... |
1910 | 1983 | Painter |
| Lun Gywe Lun Gywe Lun Gywe is a Burmese painter who works in oil and watercolor. Outside of Myanmar his work has been exhibited, often in solo shows, in Japan, the Republic of Korea, the People's Republic of China, Australia, New York, the Republic of Singapore.-Life:... |
1930 | Painter | |
| Lu Tin Lu Tin -Life:Lu Tin was born in 1930 in Monywa in northwestern Burma, son of a mason, and entered a monastery for his education. In the period immediately after World War II he lived by various jobs including knitting and weaving, masonry and tailoring. In 1950, a monk helped him to start studying under... |
1930 | Watercolor | |
| Min Wae Aung | 1960 | Painter | |
| MPP Yei Myint | 1953 | Painter, drawings, collage | |
| Myint Swe Myint Swe Lieutenant General Myint Swe is an ethnic Mon military officer who is currently the Chief of Bureau of Special Operations - 5 and Quartermaster General. He is the first ethnic Mon to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. Myint Swe graduated from the Defence Services Academy in 1971 as... |
1956 | Painter | |
| Ngwe Gaing Ngwe Gaing Ngwe Gaing was a Burmese artist who worked in both oil and watercolor. After the death of his teacher Ba Nyan, he was recognized as the greatest living painter in Myanmar. He had great influence on the next generation of artists, and his works are now highly sought after.-Life:Of Burmese Chinese... |
1901 | 1967 | Painter |
| Nyein Chan Su | 1973 | Painter | |
| Paw Oo Thett | 1936 | 1993 | Painter |
| Po Po Po Po Po Po is a Burmese installation and performance artist. His work has been exhibited in Japan, South Korea and Berlin.-Life:Po Po was born in 1957 in Pathein, Myanmar. His formal name is Hla Oo. He is self-taught... |
1957 | Installation | |
| San Win San Win San Win was a painter who is renowned in Burma as the first Burmese painter to embrace impressionism as his chief style of depiction... |
Painter | ||
| Saw Maung Saw Maung Senior General Saw Maung was the founder of the State Peace and Development Council in Myanmar. He served as their Chairman from 1988 to 1992.-Early life and career:... |
1900 | 1969 | Painter |
| Sitt Nyein Aye Sitt Nyein Aye Sitt Nyein Aye is a Burmese artist.Sitt Nyein Aye came from a small village, near Nyaung-U Township in Upper Myanmar. He was born Sein Aye to Daw Than Swe and U Tun Pe. His parents were farmers with no money for education. Monks in the village monastery provided the resources needed for him to... |
Painter | ||
| The Maw Naing | 1971 | Painter | |
| Wah Nu | 1977 | Painter, video | |
| Win Pe Myint Win Pe Myint Win Pe Myint is a noted Burmese painter. Two of his teachers were Paw Oo Thet and Thein Han . He should not be confused with the earlier Burmese painter Win Pe of Mandalay, born in in 1936, who was a contemporary of Paw Oo Thet, and one of the early founders of modernist painting in Burma.Win Pe... |
1936 | Painter |