Zhanatay Shardenov (Kazakh: Жаңатай Шәрденов, Jañatai Şärdenov; April 4, 1927 — March 29, 1992) was a Kazakh painter who specialized mostly on Kazakh landscapes.[1][2]

One of his works on 1995 stamp

He graduated from the Almaty art school in 1949, and from the Leningrad art institute in 1955.[3]

Personal exhibitions of his art have been held since 1977, frequently outside the Soviet Union.

Shardenov was one of the most renowned Kazakh artists of the 1970s and 1980s.[2]

In some sources, Shardenov was nicknamed the Kazakh Van Gogh.[4]

He is among the top Kazakh 10 artists when listed by price of sold works.[5]

His works include Central museum (1957), Zoo (1960), The Pond in the Park (1969), A work shift (1970), High up in the mountains (1972), Kapchagay sea (1976), The road to Medeo (1983), Portrait of T. Bigeldinov (1985), Evening melody (1988), and many others.

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  1. ^ Gallerix. "Exhibition Sixties. Turkic Romanticism". Gallerix.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  2. ^ a b Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen, Aliya (2016-06-20). Central Asia in Art: From Soviet Orientalism to the New Republics. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-83860-813-2.
  3. ^ Қазақ совет энциклопедиясы (the Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia) (1972–1978)
  4. ^ "Central Asian Non-Conformist Art in Norton Dodge Collection". Voices On Central Asia. 2020-10-20. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  5. ^ "10 самых дорогих казахстанских художников". www.forbes.kz. 2018-12-14. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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