Palekh miniature

Palekh miniature (Russian: Палехская миниатюра) is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (including the creation of small boxes, cigarette cases, and powder cases).

History

Palekh Russian lacquer art on papier-mâché first appeared in 1923 in the village of Palekh, located in the Palekhsky District (Ivanovo Oblast), and is based on a long local history of icon painting.[1]

Palekh on Soviet postage stamps

References

  1. ^ Palekh, The State Museum of Palekh Art (in Russian). Gosudarstvennyĭ muzeĭ palekhskogo iskusstva. Izobrazitelʹnoe iskusstvo. 1975. p. 36.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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