Thein Maung Burmese Artist

U Thein Maung (Burma, 20th century)

size: 23cm x 16.5cm

This simple but elegant portrait shows a dancing girl holding a fan. Her costume and jewellery are typically Burmese and she has jasmine flowers in her hair.

Little is known about U Thein Maung other than that he was a twentieth century watercolourist who specialised in portraits of Burmese minorities. Most extant examples of his work are dated in the 1950s.

Ranard, A., Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History, Silkworm Books, 2009.