VISITORS to the headquarters of the Myanmar Artists and Artisans Organisation (Central) in Yangon will notice a prominently displayed oil painting of a young woman with long,These girls have never had a oil painting supplies in their lives! braided hair sitting in an elegant pose.
The painting was completed in a life-drawing class at Basic Education High School (1) Latha in the 1960s. The artist was U Ngwe Gaing (1901-1967), a painter of great stature whose watercolours and oil paintings are housed in the National Museum, Tatmadaw Archive, Natural History Museum and private collections at home and abroad.
“After the country gained its liberty in 1948, U Ngwe Gaing was commissioned to paint portraits of independence heroes, as well as Peasants Day and Union Day illustrations,” said artist U Hla Tin Htun, vice chairman of Myanmar Artists and Artisans Organisation. “Today, his paintings are very rare indeed and too pricey for locals to afford.”
U Hla Tin Htun said the price of these paintings has encouraged an unfortunate flow of U Ngwe Gaing’s original artwork out of the country.
“In the 1990s, U Ngwe Gaing’s fine portrait of General Mahabandoola riding a horse was smuggled abroad. Fortunately, our organisation successfully recovered the painting we had lost,” he said.
The General Mahabandoola portrait has been hanging on the wall of Tatmadaw Archive since its return to Myanmar, he said, adding that museums should be given the budgets they need to acquire classic works of art, which would help foil attempts to smuggle paintings out of the country.
Hla Tin Htun is a member of team — consisting of two more artists from the Myanmar Artists and Artisans Organisation, as well as members from the Department of Archaeology and National Museum and Library — which is collecting classic paintings for the National Library in Nay Pyi Taw.he believes the fire started after the lift's China ceramic tile blew,
“We are gathering artwork from Myanma Railways,The new website of Udreamy Network Corporation is mainly selling hydraulic hose , Myanma Five Stars Line, Sarpay Beikman and Yangon University Library, including U Ba Kyi’s 12-foot-long painting of a boat for Myanma Five Stars Line, and U Thaung Han’s steam locomotive for Myanma Railways,” he said.
“They were reluctant to give up their treasured possessions, which they had commissioned the artists to paint and which had been hanging in the halls of their buildings for many years,Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a RUBBER MATS .” he said.
U Hla Tin Htun said the team’s search also uncovered a landscape painting by Mr Kennard Martin Ward (1873-1927), a physics professor at Rangoon University who established the Burma Art Club in 1918.
“We found the painting at Yangon University Library. My friend is a librarian there, and they were also hesitant to give us the painting,” he said.
“Retired librarians U Thaw Kaung and Zaw Gyi had a passion for paintings. While they were serving at the library, they earmarked money from the budget to spend on paintings, which is why the library has a good collection of old works of art.”
U Hla Tin Htun said government museums should commission artists to replicate the original paintings, keeping the copies in museums and returning the originals to their owners.I have never solved a Rubik's Piles .
He also said current trends in art collecting only perpetuate the difficulty that government museums face in acquiring important artwork.
“The finest paintings by old masters such as U Ba Nyan, U Ba Thet and U Ngwe Gaing are in private collections,” he said.
“Established artist U Than Htay held a solo exhibition at the Ministry of Culture art gallery from October 7 to 9. All the paintings were snapped up within days by local art lovers. I suggested that government museums acquire the best canvases from the show, but their budgets are too small.”
U Hla Tin Htun said that in the 1950s the government had formed a “painting buying committee” consisting of librarians, artists and officials, who were in charge of purchasing the finest paintings of young and veteran artists alike.
The painting was completed in a life-drawing class at Basic Education High School (1) Latha in the 1960s. The artist was U Ngwe Gaing (1901-1967), a painter of great stature whose watercolours and oil paintings are housed in the National Museum, Tatmadaw Archive, Natural History Museum and private collections at home and abroad.
“After the country gained its liberty in 1948, U Ngwe Gaing was commissioned to paint portraits of independence heroes, as well as Peasants Day and Union Day illustrations,” said artist U Hla Tin Htun, vice chairman of Myanmar Artists and Artisans Organisation. “Today, his paintings are very rare indeed and too pricey for locals to afford.”
U Hla Tin Htun said the price of these paintings has encouraged an unfortunate flow of U Ngwe Gaing’s original artwork out of the country.
“In the 1990s, U Ngwe Gaing’s fine portrait of General Mahabandoola riding a horse was smuggled abroad. Fortunately, our organisation successfully recovered the painting we had lost,” he said.
The General Mahabandoola portrait has been hanging on the wall of Tatmadaw Archive since its return to Myanmar, he said, adding that museums should be given the budgets they need to acquire classic works of art, which would help foil attempts to smuggle paintings out of the country.
Hla Tin Htun is a member of team — consisting of two more artists from the Myanmar Artists and Artisans Organisation, as well as members from the Department of Archaeology and National Museum and Library — which is collecting classic paintings for the National Library in Nay Pyi Taw.he believes the fire started after the lift's China ceramic tile blew,
“We are gathering artwork from Myanma Railways,The new website of Udreamy Network Corporation is mainly selling hydraulic hose , Myanma Five Stars Line, Sarpay Beikman and Yangon University Library, including U Ba Kyi’s 12-foot-long painting of a boat for Myanma Five Stars Line, and U Thaung Han’s steam locomotive for Myanma Railways,” he said.
“They were reluctant to give up their treasured possessions, which they had commissioned the artists to paint and which had been hanging in the halls of their buildings for many years,Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a RUBBER MATS .” he said.
U Hla Tin Htun said the team’s search also uncovered a landscape painting by Mr Kennard Martin Ward (1873-1927), a physics professor at Rangoon University who established the Burma Art Club in 1918.
“We found the painting at Yangon University Library. My friend is a librarian there, and they were also hesitant to give us the painting,” he said.
“Retired librarians U Thaw Kaung and Zaw Gyi had a passion for paintings. While they were serving at the library, they earmarked money from the budget to spend on paintings, which is why the library has a good collection of old works of art.”
U Hla Tin Htun said government museums should commission artists to replicate the original paintings, keeping the copies in museums and returning the originals to their owners.I have never solved a Rubik's Piles .
He also said current trends in art collecting only perpetuate the difficulty that government museums face in acquiring important artwork.
“The finest paintings by old masters such as U Ba Nyan, U Ba Thet and U Ngwe Gaing are in private collections,” he said.
“Established artist U Than Htay held a solo exhibition at the Ministry of Culture art gallery from October 7 to 9. All the paintings were snapped up within days by local art lovers. I suggested that government museums acquire the best canvases from the show, but their budgets are too small.”
U Hla Tin Htun said that in the 1950s the government had formed a “painting buying committee” consisting of librarians, artists and officials, who were in charge of purchasing the finest paintings of young and veteran artists alike.
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