Product Overview
Yulia Golubenkova of Fedoskino is the artist who painted this beautiful miniature. Uniform in design, and precise in its profound execution, Golubenkova offers us a unique piece of Russian lacquer artistry.
Depicted on the box is an image of two girls dressed in ancient Russian clothing feeding birds. This scene is permeated with a sense of peace and tranquility.
Golubenkova displays filigree skill in decorating objects with amazing precision. Ultra-fine brushwork creates the characters' individualized and expressive faces, their multicolored skillfully detailed clothing, and incomparably beautiful landscape of Russian winter forest.
With the help of artistic means the artist has managed to accentuate the charm and youth of the characters and their elevated and romantic mood. The composition is mostly painted in delicate blue tones. Gold paint is used to paint the birds and to detail the girl's costumes. It makes this piece as striking as it is. This painting by Golubenkova is based on clearly outlined shapes; generalization is combined here with the elaboration of small details. It is notable for its beauty, lyricism and melodiousness.
The scene is framed with a thin gold line. Two gold lines wrap around the platform on which the box rests.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint its exterior while traditional red lacquer completes its interior. The lid is hinged from the top of the composition, and the box rests on four legs. The work is signed by the artist. .Approx. 9 1/4"x6 1/2"x3 1/2".
