Sawasdi Tantisuk (1925 – 2009) was one of Thailand’s leading painters chosen to be a Thai National Artist in Painting in 1991. Sawasdi was among the first students entering Faculty of Painting and Sculpture, Silpakorn University in 1943. Not only that he was a student of Professor Silpa Bhirasri, the father of modern art in Thailand, maltepe escort but also he was assigned by Professor Silpa Bhirasri himself to teach about the theory of colors. His teaching techniques were passed on from Professor Silpa Bhirasi as Sawasdi always sat in a back row attending every lecture taught by Professor Silpa Bhirasri. One thing he was told by Professor Silpa Bhirasri is that “Painting not Coating”; by painting, one could express all their feelings through liveliness and beautifulness of their works.
Born: 1925, Thonburi Province
Education:
Wat Rangbua School
Wat Nuannoradis School
Poh-Chang School kartal escort of Arts and Crafts, Bangkok (1943/1)
Faculty of Painting and Sculpture, Silpakorn University
Academe of Fine Arts, Rome
Occupation:
1960 Principle of School of Fine Arts, Bangkok
1972 – 1985 Director of the College of Fine Arts, Bangkok
1986 – 2011 Special Instructor of the College of Fine Arts, Bangkok
Award & Honor:
1949 3rd Prize, Bronze Medal (Painting), The 1st National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok
1951 2nd Prize, Silver Medal (Painting), The 3rd National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok
1951 3rd Prize, Bronze Medal (Drawing), The 3rd National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok
1953 2nd Prize, Silver Medal (Painting), The 4th National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok
1954 1st Prize, Gold Medal (Painting), The 5th National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok
1955 1st Prize, Gold Medal (Painting), The 6th National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok
1955 S.C.Y. (Siplapin Chan Yiam), The Best Artist Award, The National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok
1959 Gold Medal, Competition of Painting, Ravenna, Italy
1960 1st Prize, Exhibition of Arts, University of Rome
1962 Prize, Water Color, T.O.T. Exhibition
1962 2nd Prize, International Exhibition, Saigon
1984 Honorary Doctoral Degree in Painting, Silpakorn University
1991 Appointed Honorable “National Artist”
Exhibition (sole exhibitor):
1960 ISMEO, Rome and Milan, Italy
1961 12th National Exhibition, Bangkok
1986 National Gallery, Bangkok
1987 Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok
1991 Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Passed away: 4 August 2009 (Septicemia)
Reference: "73 Thai Artists from Silpa Bhirasri School," pp. 244-245, 1992
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