- Kholuy miniature
A Kholuy miniature is a
Russia n folkhandicraft ofminiature painting , made withtempera on avarnish ed box ofpapier-mâché . This form ofRussian lacquer art is produced exclusively by students of theKholuy school, a rural settlement inIvanovo Oblast .The Kholuy school of
icon painting was founded in 1883. The school continued the local handicraft of icon painting known since the 16th century, but after the Russian Revolution the icon painting workshops were closed. In the 1930s, a group of artists formed an association to open a workshop for miniature lacquer art, and a new school was opened in 1943. Subjects for Kholuy miniatures vary from Russian fairy tales (e.g.Snowmaiden ) to cities. Kholuy miniatures seem to be less bounded by tradition than the boxes from Palekh, Fedoskino and Mstyora.External links
* [http://www.kholui.ru/index.htm Kholuy - Kholui Lacquer art]
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