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Birth Anniversary: Silpa Bhirasri (Corrado Feroci) — September 15, 1892
15 September 2026
Photo: The statue of Silpa Bhirasri at Silpakorn University — photo ScorpianPK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons) Ritratto d'autore · Cultural Heritage Online
Corrado Feroci was born in Florence on 15 September 1892 and studied at the art school of Porta Romana. He went to Siam to work as a sculptor for the government, took Thai nationality and the name Silpa Bhirasri, and founded what is now Silpakorn University. Thailand considers him the father of its modern art. Every year on this date students gather at his statue in the university courtyard and lay flowers at its feet.
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