Zhanatay Shardenov
Zhanatay Shardenov (April 4, 1927 — March 29, 1992) — Kazakh painter, specialized mostly on national landscapes.[1]
He graduated courses from Almaty art school in 1949, and from Leningrad art institute in 1955.[2]
His personal exhibitions had been held since 1977. Many times they were organized abroad of Soviet Union.
Zhanatay Shardenov was one of the most renowned Kazakh artists of 1970s and 1980s.[3]
Rockwell Kent evaluated his works very well. And in some sources, he was nicknamed the Kazakh Van Gogh.[4]
Among his works: Central museum (1957), Zoo (1960), A work shift (1970), High up in the mountains (1972), Kapchagay sea (1976), The road to Medeo (1983), Portrait of T. Bigeldinov (1985), Evening melody (1988), and many others.
References
- ↑ Exhibition "Sixties. Turkic Romanticism"
- ↑ Қазақ совет энциклопедиясы (the Great Soviet Encyclopedia#Other Soviet encyclopedias|Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia) (1972–1978)
- ↑ Aliya Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen. Central Asia in Art: From Soviet Orientalism to the New Republics. P249.
- ↑ Central Asian Non-Conformist Art in Norton Dodge Collection
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