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Death Anniversary: Silpa Bhirasri (Corrado Feroci) — May 14, 1962
14 May 2027
Photo: The statue of Silpa Bhirasri at Silpakorn University — photo ScorpianPK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons) Silpa Bhirasri, born Corrado Feroci in Florence in 1892, died in Bangkok on 14 May 1962, at the Siriraj Hospital. He had arrived as an Italian sculptor hired by the Siamese government, had taken Thai nationality and a Thai name, and had founded the school that became Silpakorn University. He is remembered in Thailand as the father of its modern art — an Italian who is a national figure of another country.
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