3: Imperial Porcelain. Art Nouveau

The period most represented by porcelain in the museum collection is the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1870s-1890s the factory's technologists and artists developed new methods of decorating porcelain: the pâte-sur-pâte technique, coloured and crystalline glazes, painting with polychrome enamels. Particular interest arose in the technique of underglaze painting, which was used for decorative vases with depictions of Russian landscapes, plant and animal motifs. In the early 20th century the factory put out porcelain sculpture made from models by famous sculptors and artists: Konstantin Somov, Pavel Kamensky and Serafim Sudbinin.