Aung Soe

Bagyi Aung Soe
ဗဂျီ အောင်စိုး
Born1924
Died1990 (1991) (aged 66)
Yangon, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
Known forPainting
MovementModernist (abstract-figurative)Painting

Bagyi Aung Soe (Burmese: ဗဂျီ အောင်စိုး [bədʑì ʔàʊɰ̃ ]; 1924–1990) was a Burmese painter renowned for his modernistic, semi-abstract art, which caused such a shock in Burma when it appeared that many called it "psychopathic art". The name "Bagyi" is his phonetic spelling of the word "pangyi", meaning "painting", which he first added to his name in 1955.