U Lun Gywe

(b. 1930)

Happy Sea Beach

Footnotes

The work is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity issued by Carmelites Framing & Gallery and signed by the artist.

Provenance
Carmelites Framing & Gallery, Singapore
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Private collection, Singapore

U Lun Gywe
快樂的海邊
2007年作

簽名：藝術家簽名 2007（右下）
油彩畫布

來源
新加坡Carmelites畫廊
現藏家購自上述畫廊
新加坡私人收藏

Hailed as one of the most prominent living modernist artists in Myanmar, U Lun Gywe is best known for his oeuvre depicting the beauty of his native land and its people. Born in 1930, U Lun Gywe graduated in 1954 from the Art Institute of Specialist Teachers' Training in Yangon and studied in China under a one-year cultural exchange programme between 1964 and 1965. He was awarded a fellowship in art conservation to go to East Germany in 1971 and made trips to East Berlin, Dresden and Potsdam, where he encountered great artworks by European masters.

Lot 13 Afternoon Sun at the Beach and Lot 14 Happy Sea Beach fully encapsulate the artist's dynamic impressionist style characterised by swift brushstrokes, vibrant colours, and spontaneous textures. Both paintings subtly capture transitory moments in the flow of Myanmar's modern life. The seaside has been a significant source of inspiration for U Lun Gywe to study light, colour, emotion, and movement. In the words of the artist: "When I was walking on the beach, I could sense a beautiful and rhythmic composition and a sense of colours. After absorbing these impressions and returning to my studio, I reminded myself of what the feeling was like on the beach. As soon as I recalled the mood and inspiration, I painted rapidly with swift brush strokes to record what I could remember from my visit to the beautiful beach." ¹

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1. Jørn Middelborg, "Foreword," in U Lun Gywe: A Master Painter from Myanmar, ed. Jørn Middelborg (Bangkok: Thavibu Gallery, 2005), 5.