The painting, called “Khalkha Wife”, was created over half-a-century ago in 1957 by one of the leading names in Mongolian art, Jamsran Tserendorj, and presumed lost for decades has been found. The only known remnant and proof of this painting was an old black and white photograph taken by the artist in 1957.

The painting was discovered in the Bogd Khaan Palace in the Mongolian capital a few weeks ago. How the painting came to arrive in the Bogd Khaan Palace Museum and get lost there is still unknown. Currently, the artist’s son Ganbat Jamsran is working to obtain the rights to the painting

Ganbat Jamsran clarified that “Khalkha Wife” was created as part of an ethnographical series that depicted different traditional Mongolian clothing and includes paintings such as “Kazakh Woman” and “Uriankhai Lady”.

Jamsran Tserendorj (1923-1985) was one of the most outstanding artists of his time in Mongolia with near unparalleled skill and talent. Some of his best masterpieces such as “Spring in Orkhon” (1962) and “Mongolian Woman” (1968) are displayed at the National Gallery of Mongolia and revered as masterpieces of Mongolian Art.