IMPORTANT NOTE: this box is currently displayed on Expo in the All-Russia Museum of Folk and Applied art in Moscow devoted to the 80th anniversary of Kholui Art. The Expo was opened on the 12th of November and will take a place till the 6th of December 2014.
This peaceful composition, undoubtedly, will attract the admirers of Cats.
This small round box was created by the famous Fedoskino artist Piotr Puchkov, whose works are displayed in almost every major book on Fedoskino lacquer miniature painting. Puchkov is known for painting of architecture and landscape scenes.
This oval box has been created by Bokova Irina from the village of Palekh. It features the traditional theme of a Russian winter troika. The troika rushes along the village street passing by peasants and their houses.
This colorful box is a creation of Olga Strunina from the village of Mstera.Olga is a daughter of World-known Mstera artist Leo Fomichov.
Talented Kholui artist Irina Kuznetsova has painted this interesting and elaborate work. The composition features several scenes from Pushkin's well-known "Tale of Tsar Saltan".
Artist: Kornilova Natalia; Size: 18x12.5x4.5; Size (inches): 7x5x1.75; School: Palekh
Artist: Bykova Ekaterina; Size: 14x15x5; Size (inches): 5.5x5.75x2; School: Palekh
This dual-sided box was painted by the talented Palekh artist Ludmila Gelisheva. It shows the scenes from the popular Russian fairy-tale "The Snowmaiden".The tale was also adapted into an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
IMPORTANT NOTE: this box is currently displayed on Expo in the All-Russia Museum of Folk and Applied art in Moscow devoted to the 80th anniversary of Kholui Art. The Expo was opened on the 12th of November and will take a place till the 6th of December 2014.
Well-known artist Boris Kiriyanov of Kholui is a talent behind this interesting dual-sided box. On one of the sides of the box the artist has depicted a panoramic view of town of Suzdal and the other one- a view of the village of Dunilovo, which located not far from Ivanovo and Shuya.