A Painter's View of His Country, No. 1 poster (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)
A Thai-language art sheet showing three paintings by artists from Pakistan, Thailand and New Zealand, with a portrait and biography of each. A green banner carries the title and the line that the language every nation understands is the language of art. The tell is glittering generalities in the universal-art line, with transfer of artistic prestige to the program; the printed credit names the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization as publisher.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- June 25, 1964
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), as printed; distributed by U.S. Information Service posts, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, June 25, 1964. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949254, 306-PPB-329).
Text on the object
บ้านเมืองในสายตาของจิตรกร - 1 ภาษาที่ทุกชาติเข้าใจ คือ ภาษาของศิลป์ "ตำข้าว"--ภาพสีน้ำมันฝีมือ เค. เอ. ปาเซ็ท ศิลปินปากีสถาน "ไปตักบาตร์" ภาพสีแกะไม้ ฝีมือประหยัด พงศ์ดำ ศิลปินไทย "ไร่ยาสูบ พังงาโตตารา เนลสัน" ภาพสีน้ำมัน ฝีมือ ดอริส ลัสค์ ศิลปินนิวซีแลนด์ [three biographical paragraphs beside portraits: illegible at this resolution] องค์การสนธิสัญญาเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ (สปอ.) จัดพิมพ์
The Country in the Painter's Eyes - 1 The language every nation understands is the language of art "Rice Pounding" - oil painting by K. A. Paseth, Pakistani artist "Going to Offer Alms" - colour woodcut by Prayat Pongdam, Thai artist "Tobacco Farm, [place name] Nelson" - oil painting by Doris Lusk, New Zealand artist [three biographical paragraphs beside portraits: illegible at this resolution] Published by the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Thai text read from the image; the biographies and one place name are uncertain.
