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Celebrating a hero

From left, Parintra Xuto, curator, Wijit Apichatkriengkrai, director of Silpa Bhirasri Research Center, Suchai Pornsirikul, director of Chavalit Soemprungsuk Art Fund, and Piriya Vachajitpan, founder of the Art Auction Center. Photos courtesy of River City Bangkok

Corrado Feroci, an accomplished sculptor and painter, was nominated by the Italian government to fill a teaching position in the Siamese civil service upon the Kingdom’s request. Feroci, who graduated from the Royal Art Academy of Florence, arrived in Siam on Jan 14, 1923, and later adopted the Thai name Silpa Bhirasri.

In 1934, Prof Silpa, the father of Thai contemporary art, set up the School of Fine Arts which later became Silpakorn University. In the…

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