Bidspirit auction | * Fedoskino.

* Fedoskino. - Artistic Gymnastics Cup.. Year:  1958. Technique:  Metal, casting, enamel, laying, painting. Size:  h-34. * Fedoskino. Fedoskino miniature is a folk craft, a type of traditional Russian lacquer miniature painting with oil paints on papier-mâché, which developed at the end of the 18th century in the village of Fedoskino near Moscow. The first production began in 1795. Fedoskino lacquer miniatures are made with oil paints in three or four layers - sequentially, shading (a general sketch of the composition), painting or repainting (more detailed work), glazing (modeling the image with transparent paints) and highlighting (completing the work with light paints that convey highlights on objects) are performed. The original Fedoskino technique is “through writing.” Masterly mastery of the technique of painting with transparent glaze paints, the brightness of which is enhanced by the contrast with the shimmering black lacquer background, and the ability, honed by several generations of masters, to correlate the composition of the painting with the shape of the product, made the works of Fedoskino miniaturists popular not only in Russia, but also in Europe.