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| Name | | Matreshka. Set of 7. Tea-drinking |
| Price, USD | | 3000.00 |
| Status | | For sale, check |
| Seller | | Russian Art Gallery |
| Size, cm
| | 5.0 x 14.5 cm /switch |
| Artist | | Lioudmila Chibisova |
| Year made | | 2002-01-01 |
| Edition | | Original |
| Style | |
Traditional |
| Russian Folk Art |
| Theme | |
Fantasy |
| Media | |
Tempera |
| Collection | |
Golden names of Russia 3 |
| Description | |
History of matryoshka can be divided into tree periods: 1) 1890 1930-s
2) 1930-s beginning 1990s
3) Beginning of 1990-s till this time.
The first period gave us the first Russian matryoshka and developed a lot of new types which were put onto base of modern matryoshkas. Blossom of matryoshkas' types was interrupted by construction of socialism in the USSR. Why? The Soviet Government paid much attention to construction of factories, which produced goods of people crafts! Yes, this is right. The main problem is in it. Hand-made goods can not be made in factories they are not mass production items. A few matryoshkas types were developed for factory production: Semionovo type, Sergiev Posad type, Kirov (Viatka) type and some other.
Private making of matryoshkas and production of other hand crafted things was forbidden in the USSR craftsmen had to work at the factories where was no possibility neither to earn enough money for their labor (rates were quite low as at other state enterprises) nor to show their art abilities (goods had to be simple enough for mass production).
I remember a story of old crafter from Polkhovsky Maidan about work in Soviet time. Those who did not work at the factory were not allowed to use home lathes for turning, electricity was cut down. Militia and representatives of power controlled road and railway stations to prevent possibility to carry to other regions of the country ready handicrafts to sell . Nevertheless people produced their own goods and brought them to different regions of the Soviet Union: Far East, North regions, South and Central Asia Republics.
It was easier to work at the factories of Semionovo where many new types of wooden toys were created. These toys (and matryoshkas among them) were exported to many countries of the world. In spite of that all things are too similar, they look like each other and they lack worm of hand made goods.
The same happened with Sergiev Posad matryoshkas. In 1920s the matryoshka makers artel Artisan-Artist was rename The Workers and Peasants Red Army Artel that in 1928 became toy factory #1. The period of free work has finished. Some simple types of dolls were produced at the factory. It is necessary to say that there were some people who created and painted original matryoshkas but it was not typical. Such matryoshka were bought by private collectors and now are quite rare.
In the beginning of 1990s when old economic system was destroying artists and talented artisans gained |
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