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Sweang Songmangmi was born in 1918,
in Bangkok, and graduated from the third class of the Fine Arts
School, Department of Crafts. He was interested in sculpture.
He later joined the Fine Arts Department and assisted Professor
Silpa Bhirasri in many monument works, namely the sailor and
the pilot soldier figures of the Victory Monument.
In 1953 he was awarded Artist of Distinction
in sculpture. His expertize is realistic sculpture. His female
nude sculptures are aesthetic, expressing the beauty of the human
body. He took his own life with a rifle in 1958 when he was 40
years oid.
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- The Silpakorn Fine Arts School,
Bangkok |
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1949 |
- 1st National Exhibition of Art,
Fine Arts Department, Bangkok |
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1950 |
- 2nd National Exhibition of Art,
Fine Arts Department, Bangkok |
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1951 |
- 3rd National Exhibition of Art,
Fine Arts Department, Bangkok |
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1953 |
- 4th National Exhibition of Art,
Fine Arts Department, Bangkok
Participated in various art exhibition in Thailand and abroad. |
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1949 |
- Silver Medal, 1st Nationai Exhibition
of Art |
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1950 |
- Gold Medal, 2nd National Exhibition
of Art |
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1951 |
- Gold Medal, 3rd National Exhibition
of Art |
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1953 |
- Silver Medal, 4th National Exhibition
of Art
-Artist of Distinction in Sculpture, The National Exhibition
of Art |
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Works represented in museums, gaileries
and private collections in Asia, Europe. |
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