porcelain figurines

Porcelain For Sale: A HISTORY OF THE LOSSES OF THE STATE MUSEUM OF CERAMICS IN THE 1920s AND 1930s

Svetlana Yurkova

Article: 
EXCLUSIVE PUBLICATIONS
Magazine issue: 
#2 2021 (71)

The campaign to export art treasures initiated by the Soviet government in the 1920s and 1930s affected numerous Russian museums. The State Museum of Ceramics was one of them, with many of its valuable exhibits donated to Antikvariat, the public agency responsible for the sale of art and antiques abroad. A review of the museum’s archive documents has helped restore the chronology of events of those times, estimate the scope of losses and study the composition of the items offered for sale.

Porcelain For Sale: A HISTORY OF THE LOSSES OF THE STATE MUSEUM OF CERAMICS IN THE 1920s AND 1930s

The campaign to export art treasures initiated by the Soviet government in the 1920s and 1930s affected numerous Russian museums. The State Museum of Ceramics was one of them, with many of its valuable exhibits donated to Antikvariat, the public agency responsible for the sale of art and antiques abroad. A review of the museum’s archive documents has helped restore the chronology of events of those times, estimate the scope of losses and study the composition of the items offered for sale.

The "Ballets Russes" in lacework porcelain from the Thuringia factories

Zhanna Polansky

Article: 
“GRANY” FOUNDATION PRESENTS
Magazine issue: 
#2 2019 (63)

From the first factory production of porcelain figurines in Europe, ballet has been a favourite motif: porcelain is a perfect vehicle for conveying the dynamism, brightness of colour, and elaborateness of pose and gesture that is characteristic of the art form. Towards the end of the 19th century certain standard images of the ballerina began to develop, complete with indispensable attributes such as formal stage costume, the puffy tutu and pointe slippers. Its imagery became popular and continues to be drawn on by porcelain makers to this day.

The "Ballets Russes" in lacework porcelain from the Thuringia factories

From the first factory production of porcelain figurines in Europe, ballet has been a favourite motif: porcelain is a perfect vehicle for conveying the dynamism, brightness of colour, and elaborateness of pose and gesture that is characteristic of the art form. Towards the end of the 19th century certain standard images of the ballerina began to develop, complete with indispensable attributes such as formal stage costume, the puffy tutu and pointe slippers. Its imagery became popular and continues to be drawn on by porcelain makers to this day.

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