KId Kosolawat, Fishing Village, Puttaya

Description

This artwork titled "Fishing Village, Puttaya, Thailand" c.1980 is an oil painting with gold addition on canvas by renown Thai … more This artwork titled "Fishing Village, Puttaya, Thailand" c.1980 is an oil painting with gold addition on canvas by renown Thai artist Kid Kosolawat, 1917-1988. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, also signed and titled on the back. The canvas size is 26.65 x 17.5 inches, framed size is 33.15 x 24 inches. Custom framed in original wood frame. It is in excellent condition.

About the artist:

Born in Sisaket, northeastern Thailand, in 1917, Kosolawat entered Silpakorn University in Bangkok in 1936 to study painting. After graduation, he undertook a teaching position at Poh Chang University and became the chairman of the Thai Art Association. Drawing on the foundation of the traditional Thai culture and the spirit of Eastern art, he blended Western painting techniques into his works of art. Kosolawat is the representative painter of Realism in Thailand. The style of his works sits between realistic and freehand. He specializes in watercolor and oil painting to depict country scenery in Thailand, daily life, and Buddhist temples. With a solid brushwork and a unique spatial layout, he conveys a real, unconventionally flat, and utopian tranquility of the country. His works have been included in numerous collections and in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bangkok. He has also received the National Art Exhibition Award for three consecutive years. less