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* Palekh. - Casket ”The Tale of the Golden Cockerel”.. Technique:  Papier-mâché, painting, varnish. Size:  16х14х5. * Palekh. The author's works at auctions: SOVCOM in social networks: Palekh miniature is a folk craft that developed in the village of Palekh, Vyaznikovsky district, Vladimir province (now Palekh district, Ivanovo region). The lacquer miniature is made with tempera on papier-mâché. Usually boxes, caskets, egg capsules, brooches, panels, ashtrays, tie pins, pincushions, etc. are painted. Palekh has been famous for its icon painters since pre-Petrine times. Palekh icon painting reached its greatest flourishing in the 18th - early 19th centuries. The local style developed under the influence of the Moscow, Novgorod, Stroganov and Yaroslavl schools. In addition to icon painting, the Palesians were engaged in monumental painting, participating in the painting and restoration of churches and cathedrals, including the Faceted Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin, the temples of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, and the Novodevichy Convent. In 1918, artists created the Palekh artistic decorative artel, which was engaged in painting on wood. The founders of the Palekh style are Ivan Golikov and Alexander Glazunov, in whose Moscow workshop Ivan Golikov wrote the first work in the so-called Palekh style. The people of Palestine became acquainted with the new material papier-mâché, which for a century had been the basis for Fedoskin’s lacquer miniatures. The masters mastered the new material, transferring to it the traditional technology of tempera painting for ancient Russian icons and the conventional style of the image. For the first time, Palekh miniatures on papier-mâché, commissioned by the Handicraft Museum, were presented at the All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition in 1923, where they were awarded a 2nd degree diploma. Typical subjects of Palekh miniatures are borrowed from everyday life, literary works of the classics, fairy tales, epics and songs. A number of compositions are based on the traditions of classical art. The works are usually done with tempera paints on a black background and painted in gold. The works of Palekh masters are kept in numerous museums in Russia and abroad.