saya
u saw maung
A Legacy Forged in Mandalay The story of Saya U Saw Maung is one deeply rooted in the rich, storied traditions of Upper Burma. Born in 1900 in the cultural heart of Mandalay, Myanmar, his very existence as an artist was predestined by a lineage …
A portrait built from saya u saw maung's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.