Burma Art Club

[3] 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.

Hla Aung and Mya May arranged for the teachers and students to stay at their residence.

[7] The club was known to concentrate on system and method, earning it the nickname of "Labyrinth of Technique" amongst those in the art circle.

[12] The school was important in launching the careers of talented young artists such as Ba Nyan.

[13] In 1944, during the Japanese occupation, Ba Nyan led a group of artists that opened the school's successor, the Burmese Academy of Art, becoming the principal of the academy with Ba Kyi and San Win as instructors.

[1] In March 1917, the very first issue of Thuriya ("The Sun"), a paper run by young nationalists, carried a Ba Gale cartoon.