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The Echo of the Russian Seasons. From the Christmas Gift series 25 December 2009, within the framework of the traditional
Christmas Gift series The Echo of the Russian
Seasons exhibition, dedicated to 100 years anniversary of The Russian
Seasons of Sergey Dyagilev The exhibits of the exhibition show how the images of the Russian Seasons and the atmosphere of theatricality that had been reigning in St Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century, incarnated in articles manufactured at the Imperial Porcelain Factory and how the members of the World of Art artistic association influenced the development of porcelain art. Author’s porcelain sculptures by Konstantin Somov, created at the Imperial Porcelain Factory as models for copying, took part in Paris Exhibition in 1906. Upon the order of the Factory Serafim Sud’binin created portrait sculptures of Tamara Krasavina and Anna Pavlova in 1913. The Firebird ballet inspired many masters; sculptures by models of D. Ivanov The Ballerina Tamara Karsavina in the Role of the Firebird in The Firebird ballet (1920s), The Dancer Mikhail Fokin in the Role of Tsarevich Ivan in The Firebird ballet (1951) and of Elvira Eropkina The Firebird (1988); a cup and a saucer (shape by M. Sorokina, painting by V. Bogdanova, 2008) and the layer by N. Petrova The Firebird Ball (2008) are evidence of this. Harlequin, Columbine and Pierrot are traditional characters
of the Italian commedia dell’arte that at the beginning
of the 20th century became favourite characters of works
of literature, art and music; they were also used in porcelain
art quite often. Columbine and Harlequin compositions
(both date back to 1922) by Sergey Tchekhonin that are notable
for their exquisite image elaboration; Pierrot and Harlequin
(Harlequinade) dish created by the sketch of V. Masyagin
(1922); and Columbine sculpture (1923) by the model
of Olga Ruslan and Ludmila service (shape, drawings by Sergey Tchekhonin, 1926),
City of Kitezh dish (painting by Zoya Kobyletskaya, 1921)
are created after the motifs of literature works or casted
by creative work of Ivan Bilibin as the painting from the cup
with a saucer from The Magic Humpbacked Horse
(1919) and from Sadko bowl with a lead (1922)
as well as sculptures Snow Maiden (1922), Lel’
and Kupava (both 1948) are created by the models
and painted by Alexandra Stage Clothes series (painting by S. Rusakova, 2009),
including Curtain, Borders, The Blue God costume, created by Tatiana Tchapurgina in 2008 after the motif of Leon Bakst’s sketch for the ballet of the same name, the opening night of which took place in Paris in 1912, attracts by its singularity. The composition consists of three and a half thousand porcelain plates attached to fabric. The exhibition is amplified with graphic art works - sketches of vases, table compositions, paintings of sculptures, plates, services and so on. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue
(St Petersburg, The State Hermitage Publishing House, 2009),
which includes an introductory by Anna Ivanova, the head
of The Imperial Porcelain Factory Department of the State
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