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          In he acquired Thai citizenship and changed his name to Silpa Bhirasri....

          Silpa Bhirasri, an Italian artist, and the chief of the Architecture Division of the.

        1. Silpa Bhirasri, an Italian artist, and the chief of the Architecture Division of the.
        2. From his early application of the ideas of one of his mentors, Silpa Bhirasri (the Italian sculptor Corrado Feroci), to his thought-provoking and beautiful.
        3. In he acquired Thai citizenship and changed his name to Silpa Bhirasri.
        4. Feroci remained in Thailand for the rest of his life, becoming a Thai citizen in.
        5. Silpa Bhirasri, an Italian artist, and the chief of the Architecture Division of the.

          6. Silpa Bhirasri

          Italian sculptor

          Silpa Bhirasri (Thai: ศิลป์ พีระศรี; RTGS: Sin Phirasi; Thai pronunciation:[sǐnpʰīː.rá.sǐː]), born Corrado Feroci (15 September 1892 – 14 May 1962), was an Italian-born Thaisculptor.

          He is considered the father of modern art in Thailand and was instrumental in the founding of today's Silpakorn University.

          Life

          Born in Florence, Tuscany, 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 occupyi