Moldakhmet Kenbaev is one of the first Kazakh professional artists, painter, teacher, People's Artist of Kazakhstan, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR. His works are included in the golden collection of the Kostanay Regional Museum of Local Lore. He was born on July 25, 1925 in Kostanay region. His painting talent was already evident in his school years – Moldakhmet's children's drawings were exhibited at various exhibitions and received favorable reviews in newspapers. In 1948, Kenbaev graduated from the Alma Ata Theater and Art College, and in 1956 from the Moscow State Academic Institute named after V.Surikov. A keen sense of color, decorative and dynamic painting techniques, the ability to observe and see life - all these qualities inherent in the artist, manifested themselves in his painting "Girl with a book."