Mongolian painter mounts exhibition in Thailand

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A Mongolian outstanding painter Ch.Khurelbaatar opened Thursday his oil painting exhibition in the Fine Art Gallery of Bangkok, Thailand. This exhibition is mounted with participation and support of the Mongolian Embassy in Thailand, the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI), the Thailand’s Serindia Gallery and some enterprisers and companies, such as, Mongolian APU, Khaan Khuns, and Thailand’s Banpu. Opening remarks were made by Mr Ch.Battomor, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Thailand; L.Delgertomor, the MNCCI Representative to Thailand; and Mr Shane Suvikapakornkul, the Gallery’s director. The Ambassador underlined that this exhibition is mounted before the 40th anniversary of the Mongolia-Thailand diplomatic relations to be marked in 2014, and noted its importance to propagandize each other’s culture and arts. The oil painting exhibition will be open until June 30. Khurelbaatar Choindon is one of the most acclaimed painters from Mongolia. Graduated from the Ilya Repin Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg, he studied under one of Russia’s most renowned painters Victor M. Oreshnikov (1904–1987). Decorated with the Polar Star Order, he has been invited to exhibit in major cultural cities around the world. His much sought-after oil paintings are unmistakable — the stillness of his fine brush and the sense of colours emote spiritual calmness of the grasslands of Mongolia, the land where he was born.