The Art of Misiem Yipintsoi

Misiem Yipintsoi 

Conceived in Thailand in August 1906 Misiem Yipintsoi was the little girl of ethnic Chinese-Indonesian parents.

She was taught at the Assumption Convent School in Bangkok. She wedded not long after finishing her instruction and brought up five childreYipintsoi had no conventional preparation in craftsmanship, however, her enthusiasm for painting was aroused during a long remain in Denmark (where she went through 14 months while one of her kids was being treated for polio). 

While in Denmark, she saw numerous works of art, both in exhibition halls and the homes of companions, and bought numerous artistic creations to design her home in Thailand. 

Monet Satomi, a Japanese social attache to Thailand. Not long after she started examining the painting, Yipintsoi presented her canvas 'Santikam' to Thailand's first National Exhibition of Art in 1949.&nbspShe won a gold award and continued to win gold decorations in the following two years also for her compositions 'Honolulu' and 'Sriracha'.

Even though not, at this point qualified to contend a short time later, she kept on showing in the National Exhibition of Art every year through 1979. Yipintsoi later examined mold under the acclaimed Italian-Thai craftsman Silpa Bhirasri. After her demise, Silpakorn University set up a model nursery with a large number of her pieces.

Other figures are gathered in the Misiem Sculpture Museum in Nakhon Pathom area; her last model, 'Demure Girl', incomplete at the hour of her passing, was taken from that gallery in 2015. Yipintsoi was granted the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1984 by the French Ministry of Culture, one of the initial three Thais to get the award. Silpakorn University granted her a privileged Doctor of Arts degree in 1985.

Her granddaughter, Klaomard Yipintsoi, proceeded with her creative inheritance by subsidizing shows, happenings, and craftsmen's workspaces.