Also, this city located in Molotov region (today Perm Krai) became home to exported valuables of the Russian Museum, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Shchusev State Museum of Architecture, Zagorsk Historical and Art Museum Reserve and others. As early as in July 1941, the precious cargo was sent by rail to Gorky City (today Nizhny Novgorod), and by the end of October, the rarities reached their destination, Solikamsk, by barge. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, more than 2,000 items of the fragile Kuskovo collection were recognized as subject to priority evacuation. Danko depicted the topic with the help of six items: apart from an inkwell, the set includes a vase 'Right to Education', a desk organiser and ashtray 'Right to Rest', a tray 'Right to Work" and a lamp 'Folk Singers'. This massive composition is dedicated to the adoption of the Constitution of the USSR in 1936, in the discussion of which 75 million people took part with the help of printed media. Also, the hall with the exhibited 'Profiteer' features the work of sculptor Natalya Danko, a desk set 'Discussion of the draft Stalin's Constitution in a collective farm of Uzbekistan'. The country experienced a drastic shortage of qualified personnel.Įven after lab's closure, Soviet porcelain masters kept on showing the world subjects never seen before. Specialists of tsarist Russia, whom the new government barely tolerated but needed so much, were called 'old pros'. Black market businessmen who used to make profit supplying food from villages to the cities suffering from food shortage were called profiteers.
The first was a copy of a sculpture produced by the Imperial Porcelain Factory in the last quarter of the 18th century, the second one copied a Chinese figurine of the late 19th century.Ī search for new images was most clearly manifested in the sculptures of 1929–1930s, 'Profiteer' and 'Old Pro', popular characters at the time, but hard to understand for a modern viewer. In particular, the latter included 'Rooster' and 'Parrot' majolica figurines. Folk and oriental style ceramics, as well as replicas of Museum items were in demand in the western market. Manufacturing products for export was one of the lab's priorities.
The myth of the ant queen expos full#
The Museum's 'History Pages' exhibition shows the full collection for the first time. The lab lasted for a year to leave behind an extensive collection. So, from now on the Museum both displayed vintage masterpieces, and created its own ones. The Museum of Ceramics was among the first to house a laboratory and workshops. In the 1920s, authorities attempted to create a new industrial type Museum. The first years of Soviet power were marked by the search for proletarian culture's expression. Such an old ship is a very rare find.įrom 'Profiteer' to 'Stalin's Constitution'
The legends has it that these small glass ships were to be smashed against a real ship's side before the launch. You will find a 19th century vessel shaped as a glass boat 'moored' nearby. It is a bowl dating back to the 16th century. Zubalov's Murano glass collection includes the oldest exhibit of the display, apart from antique ceramics.
If you take a closer look at the animals on the plates, you will see that they differ from regular animals, as the camel has claws, and the deer lacks hooves. His combination of European patterns with exotic Oriental characters gave Zubalov's set another name, a set with fantastic beasts. In around 1735, artist Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck painted Zubalov's dinnerware set. Art historians know one of the early sets of the renowned Meissen Porcelain Manufactory by his name. Oilman Zubalov took pride in German porcelain and Murano glass he had in his collection. The Museum of Ceramics' holdings mostly included collections of Alexei Morozov (2,600 items), Lev Zubalov (about 700) and Dmitry Shchukin (about 200) featuring many rare things. The exhibition starts in a small hall with private collection items (nationalised in the 1920s) placed in vintage cabinets and showcases. Fantastic beasts and little Murano glass ship Read about the most attractive items of the display’s 900 exhibit collection in mos.ru and Mosgortur Agency's collaborative article. 'History Pages' exhibition dedicated to the anniversary tells the collection's history. Launched as the famous Alexei Morozov's collection, the Museum has been renamed many times during the century of its existence, with its collection extended to some 40,000 items. Today, the Museum is a significant part of Kuskovo Estate Museum. The history of the Museum of Ceramics originates in December 1919.