Folk crafts of Russia. Fedoskino.

One of the places in Russia, where there is also the ability to paint on caskets and wood products is Fedoskino. It is a village in the Moscow region with a population of only 219 people.

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Factory of art painting of the village of Fedoskino.

Despite the small population of the village of Fedoskino, the territory is located "Fedoskino factory of miniature painting." At this enterprise, the creation of works of art are handled by highly skilled masters.
The first production arose in 1795, when the merchant PI Korobov organized in the village he bought a peak production - the production of lacquered army visors.
Three years later, Korobov visited Johann Stobwasser's factory in Braunschweig, took over the technology of papier-mâché products, and started his own factory manufacturing of popular snuffboxes for snuff, decorated with engravings, sometimes painted and varnished. The favorite motifs for the painting were the popular at that time plots: "troika", scenes from Russian and Little Russian peasant life. The most valued caskets and boxes, decorated with copies of paintings by Russian and Western European artists.
The enterprise grew and flourished, the craft and the ability to paint were passed down from generation to generation. Art became a visiting card of the village of Fedoskino, and specialists and artists became known in many countries of the world.

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Miniature. "The church of the village of Fedoskino."

Such fine products are made today on fayriks of Fedoskino village.