U Thet Nyunt is a veteran painter who still can’t put his brush down even at the age of 90. With one of Burma’s famous impressionists, U Lun Gywe, being four years junior to him, U Thet Nyunt’s show could mark him the oldest working artist in the country.

In 1951, U Thet Nyunt made painting his professional calling. Though landscapes were his preferred subject, he did portraits of diplomats and their families for several foreign embassies in Yangon. U Thet Nyunt is one of a few contemporary painters still alive and kicking who are inspired by Myanmar masters like Ba Nyan and Ngwe Gaing. Contrary to many people in their advanced age, the artist is still rigorously pursuing his lifelong profession and died at the age of 94.