Marzan Sharav
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Baldugiin 'Marzan' Sharav (1869-1939, ; marzan = facetious), was a Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
n painter. He is often credited with the introduction of modern painting styles to Mongolia, but his most famous work, One day in Mongolia , is done in a more traditional zurag
Mongol zurag
Mongol zurag is a style of painting in Mongolian art. Developed in the early 20th century, zurag is characterised by the depiction of secular, nationalist themes in a traditional mineral-paint–on–cotton medium similar to Tibetan thangka...
style. His other well-known work includes portraits of the Bogd Khan
Bogd Khan
The Bogd Khan was enthroned as the Great Khaan of Mongolia on 29 December 1911, when Outer Mongolia declared independence from the Qing Dynasty after the Xinhai Revolution. He was born in the Kham region of eastern Tibet, today's Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China...
and his queen Dondogdulam.