Zhanatay Shardenov Explained
Zhanatay Shardenov (kk|Жаңатай Шәрденов, Jañatai Şärdenov; April 4, 1927 — March 29, 1992) was a Kazakh painter who specialized mostly on Kazakh landscapes.[1] [2]
He graduated from the Almaty art school in 1949, and from the Leningrad art institute in 1955.[3]
Personal exhibitions of his art have been held since 1977, frequently outside the Soviet Union.
Shardenov was one of the most renowned Kazakh artists of the 1970s and 1980s.[2]
In some sources, Shardenov was nicknamed the Kazakh Van Gogh.[4]
He is among the top Kazakh 10 artists when listed by price of sold works.[5]
His works include Central museum (1957), Zoo (1960), The Pond in the Park (1969), 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
- Web site: Gallerix . Exhibition Sixties. Turkic Romanticism . 2023-06-21 . Gallerix.ru . en . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111172723/https://gallerix.org/pr/vystavka-shestidesyatniki-tyurkskiy-romantizm/ . live .
- Book: Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen, Aliya . Central Asia in Art: From Soviet Orientalism to the New Republics . 2016-06-20 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-83860-813-2 . 249 . en.
- Қазақ совет энциклопедиясы (the Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia) (1972–1978)
- Web site: 2020-10-20 . Central Asian Non-Conformist Art in Norton Dodge Collection . 2023-06-21 . Voices On Central Asia . en-US . 2023-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230130040219/https://voicesoncentralasia.org/central-asian-non-conformist-art-in-norton-dodge-collection/ . live .
- Web site: 2018-12-14 . 10 самых дорогих казахстанских художников . 2023-06-21 . www.forbes.kz . 2023-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531221054/https://forbes.kz//leader/10_samyih_dorogih_kazahstanskih_hudojnikov . live .
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