PHOTOS: SAN SAENGNGAMLast year, Lawan Upa-In became the first female National Artist in Visual Art. But her proudest achievement, she said, was to be the first female art teacher at Silpakorn University in the 1950s. Pornchai Sinonpat, one of Lawan’s pupils and a successful advertising talent, graduated from Silpakorn University 30 years ago. “I can recall how Lawan taught me to find an optimum degree for my work, when I overdid something or when I underdid something. Lawan taught at Silpakorn until she was 76, retiring just six years ago.

Source: Bangkok Post February 11, 2018 19:52 UTC