U Lun Gywe

(b. 1930)

Little Mirror

Footnotes

Provenance
Private Collection, Bangkok (acquired directly from the artist)

Literature
Shireen Naziree and Jorn Middelborg, Feasting the Female Form, 2011, illustrated p.40.

U Lun Gywe
小鏡子
二〇〇七年作

簽名：lun Gywe 2007
油彩畫布

來源
現泰國曼谷私人藏家直接購自藝術家本人

出版
Shireen Naziree and Jorn Middelborg，《Feasting the Female Form》，2011年，第40頁，彩圖

Revered as the undisputed master of Myanmar painting, U Lun Gywe has served as a mentor for generations of younger Myanmar artists during his time as the Head of the State School of Fine Art, continuing later on well into his retirement. At 91 years old, he is well known for his dynamic paintings which display a masterful and sophisticated blending of colours to capture the subtleties of dramatic light and shadow. His work is often inspired by the beauty of voluptuous women, as he says, "I paint according to my emotions".

With the painting Little Mirror, he was inspired by an elegant Myanmar beauty in her traditional dress tending to her appearance. He used deep burgundy tones that enhance the scene's intimacy, punctuated by bright white highlights that draw the eye to the flash of the mirror, as if the viewer is privy to a secret signal from this seductive beauty.