COMPOSITION - BOLD Dolgorjav
16 - 25 June 2022
Arts Gallery of the Union of Mongolia's Artist's
16 - 25 June 2022
Arts Gallery of the Union of Mongolia's Artist's
Bold Dolgorjav
Many beautiful exhibitions have been organized in 2022 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Union of Mongolian Artists, one of which is the “COMPOSITION” exhibition of Bold Dolgorjav, People's Artist of Mongolia, State Honoree, and UMA Prize winner. Having dedicated more than 50 years of his life to painting, on the eve of his 70th birthday he will be presenting around 70 paintings in oil color, watercolor, pastel, sanguine, ink and pencil.
Do. Bold was interested in drawing from an early age and studied in the art club as a child. He first graduated from the Fine Arts High School in 1971, then from the Art Academy of St. Petersburg in 1977. He has been an active member of the art scene since 1978, always eager to help other artists with improving the quality of their work and their general knowledge of art. His collaboration with artist D. Gungaa, and sculptors Ts. Amgalan and R. Enkhtaivan have helped bring new energy to Mongolian fine arts. His involvement in the organization of the “Young Artists’ Union” and the “Spring” and “Autumn” seasonal exhibitions demonstrates his accomplishments through Mongolia’s art organizations and his dedication to improving public art education.
In the past, he designed and created large-scale state-commissioned works such as “Battle of Baitag Bogd” (300x1000) at Khovd Museum and the Ulaanbaatar Border Troops Museum as well as the wide-screen painting "Conquest of the Winter Palace" (300x1200) for the V.I. Lenin Museum in collaboration with award-winning UMA artist Yo. Ulziikhutag. He was also involved in creating the original design of the “Our Motherland” wall carpet at the Government House in collaboration with People’s Artist B. Gombosuren.
Do. Bold mainly paints ways of life, portraiture, and history and regularly participates in all domestic and international Mongolian art exhibitions for the country’s historical events and anniversaries where his paintings are always been crowd favorites, winning many awards across multiple exhibitions. He was awarded the UMA Award in 1986 for his works “Song of the Steppe” and “Autumn etude” and became a Mongolian State Honoree for his works “Hymn of Altai”, “Starry Sky ...”, and “Mother and Daughter” in 1994.
Do. Bold's talent is appreciated not only by Mongolians but globally, as he was named the Best Painter in the Top 100 Professionals ‘Painting’ category by the Cambridge International Biography Center in the United Kingdom in 2012. For his lifetime of contributions to the fine arts, he was awarded the honorary title ‘People’s Artist of Mongolia’ in 2012 by the Mongolian Government.
Artist Do. Bold's work can generally be divided into two styles: realism and abstractionism, but regardless of genre, his paintings, which combine different techniques and play with unique colors, impress with their elegant expression.
Even before democracy and the dominance of socialist realism in Mongolia, his works were characterized by innovation and unique energy. His paintings from this period, such as “Morning” (1978), “Atelier” (1981), and “Hymn of Altai” (1987), are special because they reflect the Mongolian way of life and traditional customs while championing the psychology and freedom of ordinary people.
Starting with his portrait of “Sculptor Amgalan” (1987), Do. Bold began paying greater attention to analyzing the structure of forms, a focus visible in future works such as “The Girl in the Bath” (1991), “Family” (2011), “Flowers” (2016), “Mt. Burkhan Khaldun” (2017), “Memories of Venice” (2018), “Orkhon Falls” and “Van Gogh’s Sunflowers” (both 2019).
Whether the subject is his own ideas, memories, and dreams, which have been abstracted through relentless exploration and experimentation, or a wide range of external themes such as nature, human history, and biographies, it is represented through figures of drastically differing angularities that shift across the color spectrum. The various angular forms that contrast in color from shimmering metallics to heavy mattes (“Black Composition”, “Red Composition” (both 2001), “Birch Trees” (2006), “Composition NB01” (2011), and “On the way to Orleans” (2015), “Composition Gray” and “Green Composition” (both 2018)) represent variations in the perceived physicality of human emotion – soft, sharp, smooth – and the drastic variation is seen between joy and sorrow.
More than 20 works of artists’ oriental culture, deep meditation, and inner excitement are included in the collection of the Mongolian Art Gallery and have been honored in many galleries and private collections across Asia, Europe, and the USA.
Art researcher O. SOSOR – UMA Awardee
2022-05-22
Many beautiful exhibitions have been organized in 2022 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Union of Mongolian Artists, one of which is the “COMPOSITION” exhibition of Bold Dolgorjav, People's Artist of Mongolia, State Honoree, and UMA Prize winner. Having dedicated more than 50 years of his life to painting, on the eve of his 70th birthday he will be presenting around 70 paintings in oil color, watercolor, pastel, sanguine, ink and pencil.
Do. Bold was interested in drawing from an early age and studied in the art club as a child. He first graduated from the Fine Arts High School in 1971, then from the Art Academy of St. Petersburg in 1977. He has been an active member of the art scene since 1978, always eager to help other artists with improving the quality of their work and their general knowledge of art. His collaboration with artist D. Gungaa, and sculptors Ts. Amgalan and R. Enkhtaivan have helped bring new energy to Mongolian fine arts. His involvement in the organization of the “Young Artists’ Union” and the “Spring” and “Autumn” seasonal exhibitions demonstrates his accomplishments through Mongolia’s art organizations and his dedication to improving public art education.
In the past, he designed and created large-scale state-commissioned works such as “Battle of Baitag Bogd” (300x1000) at Khovd Museum and the Ulaanbaatar Border Troops Museum as well as the wide-screen painting "Conquest of the Winter Palace" (300x1200) for the V.I. Lenin Museum in collaboration with award-winning UMA artist Yo. Ulziikhutag. He was also involved in creating the original design of the “Our Motherland” wall carpet at the Government House in collaboration with People’s Artist B. Gombosuren.
Do. Bold mainly paints ways of life, portraiture, and history and regularly participates in all domestic and international Mongolian art exhibitions for the country’s historical events and anniversaries where his paintings are always been crowd favorites, winning many awards across multiple exhibitions. He was awarded the UMA Award in 1986 for his works “Song of the Steppe” and “Autumn etude” and became a Mongolian State Honoree for his works “Hymn of Altai”, “Starry Sky ...”, and “Mother and Daughter” in 1994.
Do. Bold's talent is appreciated not only by Mongolians but globally, as he was named the Best Painter in the Top 100 Professionals ‘Painting’ category by the Cambridge International Biography Center in the United Kingdom in 2012. For his lifetime of contributions to the fine arts, he was awarded the honorary title ‘People’s Artist of Mongolia’ in 2012 by the Mongolian Government.
Artist Do. Bold's work can generally be divided into two styles: realism and abstractionism, but regardless of genre, his paintings, which combine different techniques and play with unique colors, impress with their elegant expression.
Even before democracy and the dominance of socialist realism in Mongolia, his works were characterized by innovation and unique energy. His paintings from this period, such as “Morning” (1978), “Atelier” (1981), and “Hymn of Altai” (1987), are special because they reflect the Mongolian way of life and traditional customs while championing the psychology and freedom of ordinary people.
Starting with his portrait of “Sculptor Amgalan” (1987), Do. Bold began paying greater attention to analyzing the structure of forms, a focus visible in future works such as “The Girl in the Bath” (1991), “Family” (2011), “Flowers” (2016), “Mt. Burkhan Khaldun” (2017), “Memories of Venice” (2018), “Orkhon Falls” and “Van Gogh’s Sunflowers” (both 2019).
Whether the subject is his own ideas, memories, and dreams, which have been abstracted through relentless exploration and experimentation, or a wide range of external themes such as nature, human history, and biographies, it is represented through figures of drastically differing angularities that shift across the color spectrum. The various angular forms that contrast in color from shimmering metallics to heavy mattes (“Black Composition”, “Red Composition” (both 2001), “Birch Trees” (2006), “Composition NB01” (2011), and “On the way to Orleans” (2015), “Composition Gray” and “Green Composition” (both 2018)) represent variations in the perceived physicality of human emotion – soft, sharp, smooth – and the drastic variation is seen between joy and sorrow.
More than 20 works of artists’ oriental culture, deep meditation, and inner excitement are included in the collection of the Mongolian Art Gallery and have been honored in many galleries and private collections across Asia, Europe, and the USA.
Art researcher O. SOSOR – UMA Awardee
2022-05-22
Exhibition Details
Title: COMPOSITION - BOLD Dolgorjav
Address: Art Gallery of the Union of Mongolia's Artist's
Dates: 16 - 25 June 2022
Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday, 10:30am to 6pm
Admission: Free
Travel: South from the Sukhbaatar square across Peace Avenue
For press information and images please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Title: COMPOSITION - BOLD Dolgorjav
Address: Art Gallery of the Union of Mongolia's Artist's
Dates: 16 - 25 June 2022
Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday, 10:30am to 6pm
Admission: Free
Travel: South from the Sukhbaatar square across Peace Avenue
For press information and images please contact:
Email: [email protected]