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Meissen Porcelain 13 February 2009 in the Blue Bedroom of the Winter Palace an exhibition demonstrating 115 art pieces of the Meissen porcelain factory was opened. These pieces were created by the masters who lived between the two world wars in the period of transition from Art Nouveau to Art Deco. The 20th century in the history of Meissen porcelain is named after Paul Scheurich who was famous for his manneristic plastic: grotesque ballet characters, prissy ladies, capricious Cupids and relaxed putti. The most famous of Scheurich’s series of figures is the Russian Ballet. During the 1910s the whole Europe was fascinated by S. P. Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes which signified a new stage in the development of the musical theatre. In 1913 a series of 5 figures was created. Costumes for Harlequin and Columbine, Pierrot, Eusebius, Chiarina and Estrella were designed by Leon Bakst. In the 1920s the illusory world of fantasy took place of the costume world of theater in Scheurich’s art work. The sculptor created over 100 models for the Meissen porcelain factory. The international exhibition Art and Technology in Modern Life (Paris, 1937) made famous another talented artist working for the Meissen factory and creating the animal figures - Max Esser. The essence of Esser’s artistic concept is an attempt to capture the dynamics of the movement and to vividly portray its perfection. Another artist, Paul Emil Berener, introduced a spicy note of oriental luxury into Meissen’s production. His art works are also demonstrated at the exhibition. A leaflet was published for the exposition. The curator of the exhibition is Lydia Lyakhova, senior research scientist of the Department of Western European art of the State Hermitage. |
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