Silpakorn University Art Gallery

Silapakorn University Art Gallery (Thai: หอศิลป์ มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร; RTGS: Hosin Mahawitthayalai Sinlapakon) is an art gallery and museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is a building in Silpakorn University Wang Tha Phra Campus on Na Pralarn Road, directly north of the Grand Palace and south of Wat Mahathat Yuwaratrangsarit. It was created in 1994.[1]

Silpakorn University (also known as the University of Fine Arts) is a National university in Thailand. The university was founded in Bangkok in 1943[2] by Italian-born art professor Corrado Feroci, who took the Thai name Silpa Bhirasri when he became a Thai citizen. It began as a fine arts university and now includes many other faculties as well.

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  1. ^ พระราชกฤษฎีกา จัดตั้งหอศิลป์ในมหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร ทบวงมหาวิทยาลัย [Royal Decree Creating Silpakorn University Art Gallery] (PDF). Government Gazette (in Thai). Vol. 111, no. 12. 12 April 1994. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. ^ พระราชบัญญัติ มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร [Act: Silpakorn University] (PDF). Government Gazette (in Thai). Vol. 60, no. 54. 12 October 1943. p. 1496. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

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