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CHAMRAS KHIETKONG
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74.5 X 53 cm
Signed (lower right)
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Chamras Khietkong was one of Thailand9s foremost portrait
painters, especially prominent from the 1940s to the 1960s.
His oil paintings of nudes and portraits won significant
awards at the National Exhibition of Art, the most influential
art exhibition of the time. Both government agencies
and private individuals frequently commissioned his
portrait work.
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Chamras began working at the Archaeology Division of
the Fine Arts Department in 1945. Among his proudest
achievements are the royal portraits of King Bhumibol
Adulyadej and HRH Princess Srinagrindra, the Princess
Mother, which he painted from life in the mid-1950s.
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One of his notable works,
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Chamras painted this portrait of the young Chao Chom
Sae in 1959, when she was 67, based on a photograph.
He smoothly blended light, shadow, and colour on the
face and hair, the most critical elements of the portrait.
For other parts of the painting, Chamras employed visible
brushstrokes on the clothing, allowing the lower parts of
the garment to fade gradually into the empty background.
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