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Silpa Bhirasri (Thai: ศิลป์ พีระศรี; RTGS: Sin Phirasi; Thai pronunciation: [sǐn pʰīː.rá.sǐː]), born Corrado Feroci (15 September 1892 – 14 May 1962), was a Tuscan-born Thai sculptor. He is considered the father of modern art in Thailand and was instrumental in the founding of today's Silpakorn University.

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Silpa Bhirasri
ศิลป์ พีระศรี
Born	Corrado Feroci (1892-09-15)15 September 1892 Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died	14 May 1962(1962-05-14) (aged 69) Bangkok, Thailand

Life

Born in Florence, he studied at the Royal Art Academy of Florence and taught there from 1914 to 1923.[1] Feroci was invited to Thailand in 1923 to teach Western sculpture at the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Palace Affairs. He was appointed as a sculptor in 1924 on a three-year contract for 800 baht per month.[1]

In 1943, he founded what later became Silpakorn University, the University of Fine Arts.^{[citation needed]}

When Italy surrendered to the Allies during World War II, Feroci changed his name and became a Thai national in 1944 to avoid arrest by the occupying Japanese army. Previously estranged from his wife in Italy, in his later years he married one of his Thai students.

Feroci / Bhirasri was the designer and sculptor of many of Bangkok's best known monuments, including Democracy Monument, Victory Monument, and the statue of King Rama I at Memorial Bridge. A Thai commemorative stamp was issued in 1992 on the centenary of his birth. His birthday, 15 September, is observed each year in Thailand as Silpa Bhirasri Day.

Death

He is buried in the Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori in the southern suburb of Florence, Galluzzo (Italy).

Tribute

In 2016, he was featured as a Google Doodle on what would have been his 124th birthday.[2]

Partial list of works

• Democracy Monument at Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok 1939.
• Victory Monument at Ratchathewi district, Bangkok 1942.
• Prathom Rajanusorn King Rama I statue at Phra Phutta Yodfa Bridge, Bangkok 1929.
• Monument Thao Suranari in Nakhon Ratchasima 1934.
• Royal Memorial King Rama VI at Lumphini Park, Bangkok 1942.
• Monument King Naresuan the Great at Don Chedi, Suphanburi Province 1959. Sitthidet Saenghiran, Pakorn Lekson and Sanan Silakorn assisted in creation of the 1½ life size statue.

• The Royal Monument of King Taksin Wongwian Yai, Bangkok 1950.
• Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom (west of Bangkok), 1976, considered to be the tallest free-standing Buddha statue in the world.

References

Further reading

• Oscar Nalesini, L'Asia Sud-orientale nella cultura italiana. Bibliografia analitica ragionata, 1475-2005. Roma, Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente, 2009 (Bhirasri's articles and books on art at pp. 292–316) ISBN 978-88-6323-284-4.

External links

• History of Thai postage stamps
• Thai Artists
• Silpakorn University Journal biography of Silpa Bhirasri

На других языках

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[de] Silpa Bhirasri

Silpa Bhirasri (thailändisch .mw-parser-output .Thai{font-size:115%}ศิลป์ พีระศรี, RTGS: Sin Phirasi, Aussprache: [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}sĭn pʰiːráʔsĭː]; Geburtsname Corrado Feroci; * 15. September 1892 in Florenz, Italien; † 14. Mai 1962 in Bangkok) war ein italienisch-thailändischer Bildhauer. Er gründete die erste Kunsthochschule des Landes, die später zur Silpakorn-Universität hochgestuft wurde, und wird als Vater der modernen Kunst in Thailand verehrt. Silpa schuf im Auftrag der thailändischen Regierung in den 1930er- bis 50er-Jahren eine Reihe monumentaler Statuen und war an der Gestaltung des Bangkoker Demokratie- und des Siegesdenkmals beteiligt.

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- [en] Silpa Bhirasri

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[es] Silpa Bhirasri

Silpa Bhirasri , de nacimiento Corrado Feroci, fue un escultor tailandés de origen italiano, nacido el año 1892 en Florencia y fallecido el 14 de mayo de 1962, que fundó en 1943 la Universidad de Silpakorn.

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[fr] Silpa Bhirasri

Silpa Bhirasri (né Corrado Feroci, 1892-1962) est un sculpteur thaïlandais d'origine italienne, fondateur en 1943 de l'Université Silpakorn.

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[it] Silpa Bhirasri

Silpa (diminutivo Sin) Bhirasri (in lingua thai: ศิลป์ พีระศรี), nato Corrado Feroci, (Firenze, 15 settembre 1892 – Bangkok, 14 maggio 1962) è stato uno scultore, disegnatore, docente, rettore, critico d'arte e scrittore italiano naturalizzato thailandese.

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[ru] Силпа Бхирасри

Синлапа Пхираси (тайск. ศิลป์ พีระศรี, при рождении Коррадо Ферочи, итал. Corrado Feroci, 15 сентября 1892, Флоренция — 14 мая 1962, Бангкок) — скульптор, основоположник современного искусства в Таиланде. Основатель художественной школы, позже ставшей университетом Синлапакон.

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