Yury
Nikolaevich Garanin
Master of Gzhel
Born in Kazan (1955), Yury
Nicholajevich graduated (1979) from the Moscow Technological
Institute, where he specialized in artistic ceramics. Since 1980 has
been engaged as an artist at the Gzhel Association. He
is a member of the Union of Artists and the creator of miniatures,
chandeliers, chess-boards, and coffee services. An active
participant in many exhibitions in Russia and abroad, his works are
on display in GRM, MNI, MO Gzhel, and in important foreign
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Ludmila Pavlovna AZAROVA
Master of Gzhel
Born in 1919 in Borovsk, Kaluga
District, Ludmila Azarova played a role in the Great Patriotic War.
In 1954 she graduated from the Moscow Industrial Art High School
(formerly Stroganovskoje) and specialized in sculpture.
Since 1954 she has worked as a painter at the Gzhel
Association called "Artistic Ceramics." From 1960 till 1972 she held
the position of Chief Artist of the Gzhel Association. L.
P. Azarova is a Veteran of Labor and a member of the Union of
Artists. In 1978 she became the Laureate of the State (The
Repin Prize). She is the creative force behind many sculptures,
jugs, tea sets, flasks, matrioshkas, cases, samovars,
vases, cups, clocks. L. P. Azarova has also been an active
participant at a large number of exhibitions, national and
international, and has been awarded the silver and bronze medals of
the Exhibition of the People's Economic Achievements. In 1978 at the
International Fair in Zagreb (formerly Yugoslavia) the works of
Azarova won a gold medal. Her creative works are on display in GRM,
GIM, MNI, ZGIHMZ, GMK Kuskovo, MO Gzhel, etc. |
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Gzhel: Fine Porcelain from Russia
Gzhel
is a place sixty kilometers from Moscow, famed as a place of natural beauty and
as a seat of renowned pottery manufactures of six centuries’ standing. Known
throughout the world, the word Gzhel has ample undertones of beauty,
harmony and a reality intermingled with magic. The festive blue-patterned
porcelain and multi-colored delftware of Gzhel is loved by connoisseurs in all
countries due to its makers’ exquisite taste, daring imagination and excellent
craftsmanship.
The cradle and main contemporary center of Russian
artistic pottery, Gzhel gave its mother country the best achievements of this
craft. Archaeological excavations prove that folk pottery thrived here even in
the 14th century. Artistic craftsmen could not find a better place than this,
with its luscious woods, crystal clear rivers and superb clay. " Nowhere did I
see a clay whiter than this," exclaimed a medieval chronicler.
Gzhel had its ups and downs throughout its long life. For
several centuries it remained a modest seat of peasant craftsmen who made stove
and roof tiles and cheap household crockery. The latter half of the eighteenth
century made it famous for majolica’s of colored clay with polychrome paintings
against white glaze. The 19th century came with new locally invented know-how as
the craft evolved from semi-faience to faience and later porcelain. Of special
interest were items painted in deep-blue under a transparent glaze, all details
etched with a refined precision. Many factories, big and small, engaged in the
trade. The end of the century and the start of the 20th brought a desperate
crisis. The craft seemed doomed.
The time after the Second World War brought the
spectacular revival as artists ventured on a quest for new imagery. Years of
painstaking work, during which a generation of innovators was trained, brought
Gzhel to a new deserved success.
Now Gzhel is at another peak of renown. Designers and
potters lovingly preserve traditional shapes and decor, notable for their folk
features. All patterns are hand-made, as before, so every item is a work of art
on its own. Still, contemporary samples are easy to tell from nineteenth century
antecedents, with a modern treatment of profoundly studied folk motifs, and
latter day techniques.
Unprecedented genre paintings appear on china. The
assortment grew with new shapes and patterns. Now Gzhel produces tea, coffee and
dinner services;, samovars, vases, candlesticks, clocks, lamps, statuettes and
many other items in an annual total exceeding 2500 varieties.
Many potters, sculptors and painters descend from
generations of local craftsmen. A galaxy of new masters appeared within this
decade. Vessels and figurines bearing their names are gems of the most ambitious
collections. The youngest masters lovingly preserve old traditions, and enrich
this precious heritage with their own finds.
Gzhel is a main center of esthetic education, which
encourages children’s innate gifts. Starting at playschool, their work goes on
to school and college. Local children honorably participated in exhibitions in
Germany, Britain, the United States, Italy and other countries.
In 1994, Gzhel became an honored member of the
International Guild of Handicrafts. A glorious future lies ahead of this
evergreen art as the world gets tired of mass production and thirsts for hand
made things of beauty. They will be in ever greater demand as technical
civilization makes further progress. . . .
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Clock
"Teremok"
16" High
Signed:
Yury Nikolaevich Garanin
$ 235
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Egg Tray with Hen
Hen splits for sauce or dip
7"wide x 4.5"High
Signed
$ 46.50
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