Shwe Oung Thame

Shwe Oung Thame (born Aung Thein; 1932–1994) was a Burmese painter with a high reputation among modernists in Burma. Although older than Win Pe and Paw Oo Thet, he did not arrive on the modernist scene until a few years after them.[1] Later he would join Paw Thame and the group at Peacock Gallery in their modernist experimentations. He was born Aung Thein but later changed the spelling of his name in English and added the prefix Shwe, meaning gold, signing his paintings Shwe Oung Thame.[2]

  1. ^ Ranard, Andrew (2009). Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History. Silkworm Books. pp. 115–116, 126–134, 217, 225–227. ISBN 978-974-9511-76-3.
  2. ^ Nyunt, Khin Maung; Myint, U Sein Myo; Ma, Thanegi (2006). Ma, Thanegi (ed.). Myanmar Painting: From Worship to Self Imaging. Education Pub. House. OCLC 82900829.