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A bustling market scene in Myanmar done in the typically old Impressionist Style and with imaginative play of a forest of towering large lotus-like umbrellas, the white allowing for intriguing play of light. Somewhat reminiscent of Eduard Manet's Music In The Tuileries, which had a more elegant and debonair crowd in elegant pursuits. But the figures are caught only from the top of the heads or further away as angled profiles instead of the full frontal assembly of the Tuileries. There is a light and convivial spirit about despite the ochre-tinged schematic in the lower half of the work with the sweaty multitude. Dubbed the greatest living artist in Myanmar, U Lun Gywe is a 3rd-generation Myanmar artist known for his Impressionism style of Burmese women and landscapes. He had a year's stint in China in 1964 (Beijing's Central Art Academy) and had also been trained in East Germany in art restoration in 1971, after receiving preliminary training in Yangon from the visiting Prof. Ingo Tim. He studied at the Art Institute of Teacher's Academy in Yangon where he learnt the finer points from masters U Thet Win, U Chit Maung, U San Win, U Ngwe Gaing and U Thein Han. From 1958 to 1979, he taught at the State School of Fine Arts in Yangon. His works are in the national collection of Myanmar, Singapore and Malaysia. REFERENCE Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History, Andrew Ranard, Silkworm Books, 2009