4 0 s ▁Soviet ▁artists ▁and ▁teachers ▁introduced ▁their ▁art ▁in ▁Mong olia ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Mong ol ian ▁artists ▁were ▁spons ored ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁Through ▁these ▁means , ▁Mong ol ian ▁artists ▁learned ▁to ▁use ▁oil ▁pain ts ▁and ▁became ▁familiar ▁with ▁Social ist ▁Real ism ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁Russian ▁Real ism ▁and ▁Im pression ism . ▁Although ▁Mong ol ian ▁artists ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁European ▁styles , ▁Social ist ▁Real ism ▁was ▁dominant ▁during ▁the ▁era , ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁working ▁hard ▁together ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁best ▁known ▁spec imen ▁of ▁sculpt ure ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁Social ist ▁Real ism ▁are ▁the ▁E quest rian ▁statue ▁of ▁Su kh ba atar , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁stat ues ▁of ▁a ▁she ph erd ▁and ▁pe asant ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁building ▁of ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Agricult ure ▁and ▁the ▁Z ais an ▁Memorial ▁for ▁the ▁Soviet ▁soldier . ▁ ▁Modern ism ▁and ▁trad itions ▁▁ ▁. ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁Mong ol ian ▁artists ▁began ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁countries ▁such ▁as ▁East ▁Germany ▁and ▁Czech oslov ak ia ▁where ▁they ▁picked ▁up ▁Modern ist ▁art ▁styles . ▁These ▁artists ▁bro aden ed ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁Mong ol ian ▁art istic ▁expression ▁and ▁adopted ▁a ▁greater ▁degree ▁of ▁individual ism . ▁Although ▁disc ou rag