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masters of Kholui are creatively developing the artistic methods of Russian icon painting. As a rule the scene is depicted in a picturesque landscape; more rarely inside a building. The miniature is attached to objects as a small painted scene of geometrical form. The painters of Kholui work in tempera. They make their own paints on the natural basis. |
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Lacquered box "Ruslan and Ludmila" Size: 16x11x7cm |
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Lacquered box "Svyatogor"-2 Size: 16x11x4.5cm |
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(00168) The legend of
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Lacquered box with pearl "Morning in a forest" (Bears) Size: 10x7x7cm Original Fedoskino lacquered box |
The Fedoskino tradition derives from Russian classical painting and miniatures of the 18th and early 19th centuries and the Russian folk arts. Three or four layers of oil paint are applied. This multilayer painting results in a tonal richness and glowing of the colours. The paints are applied in thick opaque layers or in "through - paints" with translucent paints over mother of pearl which makes the colours seem to sparkle from within. |
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(00164) Lacquered box "Village of Uglich" Size: 17x9x4.5cm Church spires and cupolas against the backdrop of a starry night. Takes you back to a bygone era |
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(00176) Lacquered box "Winter landscape" Size: 45x60x19mm Original Fedoskino lacquered box Author: A.Udin |
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art of Russian lacquer miniature is a unique aspect of folk decorative and applied art. In Russia the first lacquer work dates to early 18th century. Russian lacquers were essentially different from their Eastern counterparts (Japan, China). Fedoskino is the center of the country's oldest lacquer miniature industry. In the late 18th century merchant I.P.Govorov set up a factory of lacquer production in the village of Danilkovo (now Fedoskino) near Moscow. Fedoskino - a small village in the Moscow region has been renowned for its artistic traditions for over 200 years. The themes of Fedoskino miniature are different. There are fairy tales, village scenes, landscapes, portraits, decorative ornamental genre. The works of Fedoskino artists are displayed in the country's central museums and national and foreign exhibitions. Many of them have won high awards. |
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Lacquered box "The ship"-2 |
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Lacquered box "The ship"-1 |
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Lacquered box "Winter landscape" Original Fedoskino lacquered box Author: A.Udin Size: 77 x 37 x 25mm |
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Lacquered box "Winter landscape" Original Fedoskino lacquered box Author: A.Udin Size: 42 x 32 x 22mm |
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(00162) Lacquered box "Firebird" Size: 17 x 9 x 4.5cm The tale of the Firebird, Tsarevich Ivan and the Gray Wolf. |
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Lacquered box with pearl "Bears" Size: 10 x 7 x 3.5cm |
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Lacquered box "Frog-princess Size: 17 x 9 x 4.5cm |
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Lacquered box "Svyatogor"-1 Size: 17 x 9 x 4.5cm |
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Lacquered box "Winter landscape" Original Fedoskino lacquered box Size: 10 x 7 x 3.5cm |
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Lacquered box "Russian North" Size: 16 x 11 x 4cm |
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Lacquered box "Snowmaiden" Size: 17 x 9 x 4.5cm The legend of the Snowmaiden. Long ago the lovely Snegurochka (Russian for Snowmaiden) child was born to the Gods of Spring and Winter. According to the legend the Snowmaiden left her home in the Polar North to bring the end of the Winter and the beginning of the Spring to the world. Skilled Kholui artisans have brought this lovely fable to life in this charming lacquered box created entirely by hand! |
The
masters of Kholui are creatively developing the artistic methods of Russian icon painting. As a rule the scene is depicted in a picturesque landscape; more rarely inside a building. The miniature is attached to objects as a small painted scene of geometrical form. The painters of Kholui work in tempera. They make their own paints on the natural basis. |
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