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Ngwe Gaing BIOGRAPHY
1901 - 1967. Known for: Landscape.
Artist Ngwe Gaing was born in 1901. Ngwe Gaing was Burma’s leading artist in the post-World War II period and a major figure of the Rangoon School. This school was a group of artists who were... Read full biography
Artist Ngwe Gaing was born in 1901. Ngwe Gaing was Burma’s leading artist in the post-World War II period and a major figure of the Rangoon School. This school was a group of artists who were celebrated for their skill in oil and opaque watercolours. Ngwe was a versatile and prolific painter who... Read full biography
Artist Ngwe Gaing was born in 1901. Ngwe Gaing was Burma’s leading artist in the post-World War II period and a major figure of the Rangoon School. This school was a group of artists who were celebrated for their skill in oil and opaque watercolours. Ngwe was a versatile and prolific painter who produced many works of exceptional quality in a variety of genres and mediums. Prior to becoming a fully-fledged fine art painter, Ngwe Gaing was a successful magazine and book-cover illustrator and a... Read full biography
Artist Ngwe Gaing was born in 1901. Ngwe Gaing was Burma’s leading artist in the post-World War II period and a major figure of the Rangoon School. This school was a group of artists who were celebrated for their skill in oil and opaque watercolours. Ngwe was a versatile and prolific painter who produced many works of exceptional quality in a variety of genres and mediums. Prior to becoming a fully-fledged fine art painter, Ngwe Gaing was a successful magazine and book-cover illustrator and a famous movie poster painter. In 1953, Ngwe Gaing was one of two fine art painters in history accorded the country’s highest honour for an artist, the Alinga Kyaw Swa. Today, Gaing is considered to be one of the great masters of modern Burmese... Read full biography
Artist Ngwe Gaing was born in 1901. Ngwe Gaing was Burma’s leading artist in the post-World War II period and a major figure of the Rangoon School. This school was a group of artists who were celebrated for their skill in oil and opaque watercolours. Ngwe was a versatile and prolific painter who produced many works of exceptional quality in a variety of genres and mediums. Prior to becoming a fully-fledged fine art painter, Ngwe Gaing was a successful magazine and book-cover illustrator and a famous movie poster painter. In 1953, Ngwe Gaing was one of two fine art painters in history accorded the country’s highest honour for an artist, the Alinga Kyaw Swa. Today, Gaing is considered to be one of the great masters of modern Burmese painting, with works held in the region’s leading art museums and other prominent collections. Ngwe Gaing passed away in 1967.
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Artist Ngwe Gaing was born in 1901. Ngwe Gaing was Burma’s leading artist in the post-World War II period and a major figure of the Rangoon School. This school was a group of artists who were celebrated for their skill in oil and opaque watercolours. Ngwe was a versatile and prolific painter who produced many works of exceptional quality in a variety of genres and mediums. Prior to becoming a fully-fledged fine art painter, Ngwe Gaing was a successful magazine and book-cover illustrator and a famous movie poster painter. In 1953, Ngwe Gaing was one of two fine art painters in history accorded the country’s highest honour for an artist, the Alinga Kyaw Swa. Today, Gaing is considered to be one of the great masters of mode...But wait, there's more...
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