Myoe Win Aung Burmese Artist

Myoe Win Aung, (Burma, b. 1972)

size: 50cm x 38cm

This beautiful painting shows two young novice monks sharing a traditional Burmese umbrella walking in the monsoonal rain which sheets across the painting from the top right corner, their reflections before them as they traverse the water-laden ground.

Signed and dated in the bottom left corner.

Myoe Win Aung was born in Rangoon (Yangon) in 1972. He graduated from the State School of Fine Arts, Yangon (Rangoon) majoring in painting. A protege of the artists U Lun Gywe, U Kyaw Lay, U Mya Aye and U Thit Lwin Soe, he is known for his composition and most particularly for his watercolours that frequently depict figures in Burma’s monsoonal rain, seen so clearly here. Religious life and Buddhism also are important sources of inspiration.

His works are illustrated in

Myanmar Painting: From Worship to Self-Imaging (2006) and Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History (2009).

His works have also been exhibited in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the United States.

References: Khin Muang Nuynt et al, Myanmar Painting: From Worship to Self-Imaging, EvoHeritage, 2006; and Ranard, A., Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History , Silkworm Books, 2009.