| Win Pe Myint ဝင္းေဖျမင့္ |
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| Born | 1948 Minbu, Magwe Division, Myanmar |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Field | Painting |
| Influenced by | Paw Oo Thet, Thein Han , Lun Gywe, Shwe Oung Thame |
Win Pe Myint (Burmese: ဝင္းေဖျမင့္, pronounced [wɪ́ɴ pʰè mjɪ̰ɴ]; born 1948) is a noted Burmese painter. He was 1970 graduated from Rangoon Arts and Science University with Botany Major. He was extremely interested in painting since childhood. He studied under 4 outstanding art masters: Lun Gywe, Shwe Oung Thame, Paw Oo Thet and Thein Han (painter). He was an worked as an art teacher in Regional College - 3 from 1984 to 1986. He should not be confused with the earlier Burmese painter Win Pe of Mandalay, born in in 1936, who was a contemporary of Paw Oo Thet, and one of the early founders of modernist painting in Burma.
Win Pe Myint is particularly well-known for his excellent still life works, although in recent years he has been painting landscapes and portraits.[1] In February 2005 he opened his new studio (True Colour) in Hlaingthaya Township, designed by architect Aung Soe Myint. [2]The studio features over a hundred of his paintings.
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