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Mongolian fine art masterpiece ‘Wrestlers’
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MONTSAME National News Agency in cooperation with the Mongolian National Modern Gallery is presenting a series of Mongolian fine art masterpieces. This time, we are presenting the oil painting ‘Wrestlers’ by B.Chogsom. People’s Painter of Mongolia, State Honored Cultural Figure and People’s Artist of France B.Chogsom created ‘Wrestler’ in 1972 using European painting technique to create distance. Moreover, the oil on canvas is a blend of realism and modernism. ‘Wrestler’ clearly shows the artist’s main characteristics: vivid colors; body movement and sharp angles. Artists B.Chogsom once said, “I was awarded with the title ‘People’s Artist of France’. In relation, former Ambassador of France to Mongolia Mr. Jacques-Olivier Manent in company with other officials handed over the prize to me in 2003. France is the cultural center of Europe. I think that the country appreciated my works so I was awarded. My life in France newly opened my artistic vision”.
