Thai Art

What is it?
When you think about Thai
Art….

…what do you think of?

Painting like this….?
 Or maybe
something
like this….?
But how many of us
would think of
something like this?
Manit Sriwanichpoom “Horror
in Pink 2”
Or this?
Montien Boonma “2 water
buffaloes”
 There are many different
types of Art from Thailand.

There is traditional or
classical Thai Art, which
is what we often think
of when we hear the
words ‘Thai Art’.
But there is also
much modern or
contemporary Thai
Let’s look at some Thai
Classical Art.
 “Eitthee
Rattana”
by Putt
Intarrat
“Elephant of Erawan by Likit
Nisitnakan ”
“Miracle at
Shravasti”
“Kinnare
e Mural”
 “Gold leaf
picture, Doi
Suthep”
What common themes do
we see?
Then what about Thai
Contemporary Art?

Let’s have a
look…..
 Chalood
Nimsamer
“Earth Sun”
 Jakrapan
Chaijit
“Being on top”
 Manit
Sriwanichpoom
“Hungry Ghost 1”
Montien Boonma “
Earth Pagoda”
 Narupon
Chutiwansopon
“Line of Pine
Trees”
Panya Chaitientong “Light
of Wisdom”
Somboon Hormtientong “17th
parallel 2”
Sutee Kunavichayanont “Myth
from rice field”
Tinnakorn Kasornsuwan “Farmers
dreams 2”
Yanawit Kunchaethong “Sarasa
Hands”
Kraisorn Prasert “12 morals”
What themes do we see in Thai
Art (contemporary and
classical)?
• religion (Buddhism)
• rural life
• Thai culture (e.g. elephants)
• meditation or dreams
• use of pattern
• shallow or no perspective
 • religion
(Buddhism)
• Thai
culture

• rural life

• meditation or
 We also see:
• use of pattern
• shallow or no perspective
Thai Art

So what
do you
think it
is……?
Mr. T. Williams
2007