Palekh miniature
Russian folk handicraft
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Palekh miniature (Russian: Палехская миниатюра) is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (including the creation of small boxes, cigarette cases, and powder cases).
History
Palekh Russian lacquer art on papier-mâché first appeared in 1923 in the village of Palekh, located in the Palekhsky District (Ivanovo Oblast), and is based on a long local history of icon painting.[1]
An allegorical representation of the Third International in a 1927 Palekh miniature by Ivan Golikov.
A scene from the fairy tale Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf
Palekh on Soviet postage stamps
1958 stamp
Demon by A. Kochupalov.
Vasilisa the Beautiful by I. Vakurov.
Snegurochka by T. Zubkova.
Summer by K. Kukuliyeva.
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