LOT 65
PRAYAT PONGDAM
B. Thailand 1934 – 2014
Floating Market, 1970’s
Signed “Prayat” on lower left
Oil on board
45 x 60 cm
Private Collection, USA
RM 5,000 – 12,000
Compared to the former lot, this work by Prayat Pongdam is vivid, robust with colour and possesses a dreamlike quality to it. This is another rendition of the floating market in Thailand, from a different angle, if you will. Pongdam’s studies in painting began under the tutelage of Prof. Silpa Bhirasri at Silpakorn University. Pongdam continued his education at the Academia di Belle Arti di Roma in Italy in 1961. He was declared an artist of distinction for his printmaking in 1981, and was awarded the title Academico Onorario Classe Incisione from the Italian government through the L’Accademia Florentina delle Arte del Disegno. His artworks explored ideas of nature, ways of life, and the Thai rural spirit through simple human and animal symbols expressing themes of warmth, affection, and love.