Chavalit Soemprungsuk (Thai: เธเธงเธฅเธดเธ เนเธชเธฃเธดเธกเธเธฃเธธเธเธชเธธเธ, 30 July 1939 โ 27 April 2020) was a Thai painter, sculptor, and printmaker based in Thailand and the Netherlands. In 2014, Soemprungsuk was honored as a National Artist of Thailand for visual arts.[1]
Biography
editSoemprungsuk was born in Khon Kaen, Thailand, located in the country's northeast Isan region, on 30 July 1939.[1] He studied at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, where he was one of the last students of the Italian-born sculptor, Silpa Bhirasri.[1] Soemprungsuk then moved to Amsterdam to enroll at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts).[1]
Soemprungsuk worked in several different visual arts throughout his career, including realistic and abstract paintings and sculpture.[1] He focused on digital printing during the last ten years of his life.[1] Most recently, Soemprungsuk returned to Bangkok in the spring of 2020 for a public exhibition as part of the 80+ Art Festival Thailand.[1]
Soemprungsuk had several pre-existing conditions, including heart disease and lymphoma, before he began exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 on 10 April 2020.[1] He was hospitalized at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG) hospital in Amsterdam on 17 April 2020.[1] Chavalit Soemprungsuk died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands at OLVG on 27 April 2020, at the age of 80.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Famed Thai painter, artist dies of COVID-19 in Amsterdam". Coconuts Bangkok. 2020-04-28. Archived from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "เธเธฒเธเนเธงเนเนเธเนเธเธชเธกเธเธฑเธเธดเนเธเนเธเธเธดเธ เธกเธฃเธเธเธฅเนเธณเธเนเธฒเธเธฒเธ"เธเธงเธฅเธดเธ เนเธชเธฃเธดเธกเธเธฃเธธเธเธชเธธเธ"". Thai Post. 2020-04-30. Archived from the original on 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
