The Mandalay School, when examined as a whole, included diverse artists--painters who devoted themselves to Western-style painting as well as professional Traditional Burmese painters, almost all of whom dabbled in or heavily experimented in Western-style painting from time to time.
The Mandalay School, when examined as a whole, included diverse artists--painters who devoted themselves to Western-style painting as well as professional Traditional Burmese painters whose specialty and livelihood came from painting Buddhist works for temples and other religious buildings. Almost all the Traditional painters, however, dabbled in or heavily experimented in Western-style painting from time to time.