In scope of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Czech Republic, photography exhibition named "UB City in 1957–1963: Testimony of Lumir Iisl" opened at 2.30PM on Thursday, July 30 at the Ulaanbaatar City Museum which located in east side of Wrestling Palace, Peace Avenue.
It is the second exhibition that showed photographs of Czech scholar and archeologist Lumir Iisl and the first exhibition named "108 images of Mongolia" was showed in 2014 at The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum.
Lumir Iisl's 55 photographs of UB city that have not been displayed to the public have showed at his second exhibition.
The exhibition will open to the public for two month until Sep 30.
Lumir Iisl /1921-1969/
Lumir Iisl was the famous Czech archeologist and researcher of Mongolia, Tibet, art of Japan and religious researcher of Mongolia, Tibet and China. He did archeological excavation in the tomb monument of Turkish commander Kultegin with Mongolian scientists in 1958 and successfully operated.
His photographs became the important part of the Mongolian history and left rich treasury. Unfortunately, he died unepectedly at the age of 48 and his heritage has not fully studied until today.
Photo by: D.Javhlantugs
In scope of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Czech Republic, photography exhibition named "UB City in 1957–1963: Testimony of Lumir Iisl" opened at 2.30PM on Thursday, July 30 at the Ulaanbaatar City Museum which located in east side of Wrestling Palace, Peace Avenue.
It is the second exhibition that showed photographs of Czech scholar and archeologist Lumir Iisl and the first exhibition named "108 images of Mongolia" was showed in 2014 at The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum.
Lumir Iisl's 55 photographs of UB city that have not been displayed to the public have showed at his second exhibition.
The exhibition will open to the public for two month until Sep 30.
Lumir Iisl /1921-1969/
Lumir Iisl was the famous Czech archeologist and researcher of Mongolia, Tibet, art of Japan and religious researcher of Mongolia, Tibet and China. He did archeological excavation in the tomb monument of Turkish commander Kultegin with Mongolian scientists in 1958 and successfully operated.
His photographs became the important part of the Mongolian history and left rich treasury. Unfortunately, he died unepectedly at the age of 48 and his heritage has not fully studied until today.
Photo by: D.Javhlantugs