Saw Maung (painter)

Biography:

Saw Maung was a Burmese artist. He was the son of the artist Saya Aye who in turn was an apprentice of Saya Chone a young Royal Artist under King Thibaw. Thus Saw Maung could directly trace his history of training back to the pre-colonial times of Upper Burma when the country was still a monarchy and when Traditional paintings of Buddhist religious scenes was the dominant genre of production.