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also received some exposure to Ba Nyan while both of them were at the Institute of Art during the Japanese occupation period (above), but Aung Soe was very young then, barely 20, and their time together at the Academy was very short. As Aung Soe's path as an intensely modernist (abstract) painter, or
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Ba Nyan played a key role in introducing western techniques to Myanmar artists. He also had a significant influence on the manner in which teaching was handed down in Burma for he retained the master-apprentice form of instruction, which had always been a feature of the older more Traditional schools
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in person, after he had saved one of the king's relatives from drowning. When he returned to Burma in 1930, his experience in London had earned him a formidable reputation and he was able to mount one-man art exhibitions and received various commissions from the government and wealthy patrons.
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studied with Ba Nyan on an ad hoc basis; but there is no question that Ngwe Gaing's three or four years of studying with Ba Nyan on weekends had a large influence on Ngwe Gaing, who became regarded as the leading painter in Burma after Ba Nyan died.
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in 1897. He displayed his talent for painting at an early age, and for four years studied the skills of applying color and painting traditional motifs under Po Maung. He was noticed by the
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as a painter in the Traditional mode, shows no clear influence of Ba Nyan, it is strictly speculation to wonder of the effects Ba Nyan may have had on Aung Soe.
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became major painters of Burma, and Myat Kyaw, if not a major painter of Burma, became a major figure and force in the Burmese painting community.
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In 1935 he married Sein Khaing. In 1939 he became principal of the Art School for Myanmar students. In 1944, during the
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of painting in Burma. Ba Nyan taught six pupils full-time who lived with him in his home: Aye Maung,
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district officer who persuaded the government to support him in studying at the Norman School in
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Ba Lwin. He was then appointed assistant drawing master at the Yangon High School.
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Ranard, Andrew (2009). "Mood and Methodology: Genesis of the Rangoon School".
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Ba Nyan died on 12 October 1945 in Ga Doe Village, shortly after the end of
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as instructors. During this period, the war-time prime minister of Burma, U
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Jyväskylä (Finland) Yliopisto (1995). "U Ba Nyan and the Burma Art Club".
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techniques, on permanent display in the National Museum of Myanmar.
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painter who has been called the greatest name in modern painting in
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Karim Raslan (2002). "U Ba Nyan - Amidst Globalization".
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On Burmese Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Vol. 1
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Burmese Painting : A Linear and Lateral History
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Index

Burmese name
given name

Pantanaw
British Burma
Ga Doe Village
Mawlamyine
Burma Art Club
Royal College of Art
Painting
Burmese
[ba̰ɲàɰ̃]
Burmese
Myanmar
impasto
Pantanaw
Maubin
Mawlamyaing
Saya
Burma Art Club
Royal College of Art
London
Frank Spenlove-Spenlove
Sir Frank Brangwyn
Sir William Rothenstein
George V
Japanese occupation
Ba Kyi
San Win
Ba Maw

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