Burma Art Club (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Burma Art Club (BAC) was a prestigious art institution in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma which was established in 1913 or 1914 or even 1918 according to various sources. The club was located on the premises of the Rangoon Government High School. It afforded a twofold opportunity: first, it was a means to develop the British colonial painters' own talents and second, they were able to teach Western style painting to others in Burma. BAC was founded by amateur British colonial painters. This included Kenneth Martin Ward, Professor of Physics at Rangoon University; Martin Jones, Railways Commissioner who drew for the Rangoon Times, and E.G.N. Kinch, the principal of Saint Methew Teachers Training College. They were assisted by Commissioner U Hla Aung, his wife Daw Mya May, and young Burmese artists such as U Ba Zaw, U Ba Nyan, U Thar Dun, U Tun Hla, Sayar Saung and U Ba Kyi.