Development of the Mongol National Style Painting "Mongol Zurag" in brief, by N. Tsultem

Text in English, Russian, French and Spanish. Not paginated. Profusely illustrated with photographs and 192 colour reproductions of artwork. Mongolian zurag is a style of painting in Mongolian art. Developed in the early twentieth century, zurag is characterised by the depiction of secular, nationalist themes in a traditional mineral-paint-on-cotton medium. The style was pioneered in the aftermath of the 1921 Revolution by artists such as Balduugiin Sharav (1869-1939): he was the first Mongolian artist to deal with contemporary subjects.