Jakabffy Imre szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 13. (Budapest, 1971)
HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Horváth, Tibor: Report on the Activities of the Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts in 1969 and 1970
of painting. Its popularity is well founded in a country where the damp climate could easily destroy in a few years lime a painting on silk. Nuynh Van (lain was represented with INNO works in the Exhibition of the bine Arts in Vietnam held in Budapest in December of 19511. One of these was also a lacquer painting, The Work is Done, from ihe year of 1957. T.H. Fig. 14. A. Sengelsokyo : Rider in the snowstorm Painting in water-colours on canvas. A bearded Mongol is riding a camel in desert country. Nothing lint a few clumps of grass dot ihe desertlike landscape. Ihe ground is while. The rider of the brown camel wears sand-coloured garment with Chinese style, yellow-hemmed brown overcoat. Iiis bell is ecpiipped with a coloured pouch. The headwear is decorated with hanging red ribbons. The rider holds a whip in his right hand and a broad saddle-cloth is visible behind him. There is a broad golden-coloured band around ihe hump of the camel and a bag. The background shows a few pasturing camels under blue skies with Chinese style clouds. 'Ihe painting illustrates the hard physical conditions of Mongolia. 40.5 X 34. cm. I UN. no.: 69.47. A. Sengelsokyo was born in 1917 as a son of a family producing artists through generations, lie is a self-taught painter whose favourite childhood pastime was wood-carving. From 1934 on he took an interest in oil painting and later in the traditional national arts. Since 1956 he has worked in the Art Association of the Mongolian People's Republic. I le is now a teacher of the younger generation and he has I ravelled widely. Willi his talent, he has ably pictured several historical scenes and the everyday life of the freedom loving Mongolian people. In his native country he is a well-known painter, the masler of national painting, NVIIO has been honoured with many awards (in 1956 he became a Merited Artist). Several paintings of his are being kepi in the Central .Museum of Ulánbátor. The illustrated painting is the first example of modern Mongolian painting in the museum. It was donated by Y. Dorjsuren, director of the Central Museum of Mongolia, to the llopp Museum in commemoration of the 50eth anniversary. Our thanks arc due to him also for the information referring lo the artist.
