Historical dolls of Olina Ventsel

Nicholas II of Russia and his family. Historical dolls of Olina Ventsel (December 2, 1938 – November 17, 2007), Russian artist from Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

Historical dolls of Olina Ventsel
Born in Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Olina Dmitrievna Ventsel was a theater and cinema artist. Also, Ventsel was one of the most famous and acclaimed artists and puppeteers. For a long time Olina worked as an Art Director on historical costume in the theaters and film studios. According to Ventsel, she began creating porcelain dolls in historical costume in 1986. Her art works are highly appreciated not only in Russia but also abroad. About 150 copyright porcelain dolls of Olina Ventsel decorate galleries and museums in various cities. In particular, Moscow, Amsterdam, New York, Venice, Paris and Copenhagen. Besides, they are in private collections of Mireille Mathieu, Paul McCartney, and Queen of Denmark Margrette II.

Beautiful Masquerade of historical dolls by Olina Ventsel

Olina Ventsel’s unique author’s porcelain dolls reveal amazing world based on Russian history and its characters. The set of beautiful dolls on themes “The Pushkin Ball”, “The Romanovs Dynasty”, and theatrical compositions based on Shakespeare’s plays. In addition, dolls created on the basis of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy-tales and Venetian carnival. All of them are real masterpieces of arts and crafts.

The dolls of the Pushkin ball

In the process of making historical dolls she religiously followed the historical precision. Thus, she used antique fabrics, laces and accessories relevant to the epoch in the fashion of the time. The series of her dolls “The Pushkin Ball” took part in the exhibition in Moscow (May 2007). It was at the Russian Culture Foundation, State Pushkin Museum, and Central House of Artists, right on the 200th anniversary of a great Russian poet A.S. Pushkin. The exhibition was a great success.

Historical dolls of Olina Ventsel

In the palace

Anna Karenina and Scheherazade, Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Winston Churchill. Contemplation of Ventsel’s dolls is like reading fairy-tales.

At the ball

Collection “Russian monarchs”. The Romanov Dynasty – an unprecedented event in the history of arts and crafts, when dolls portray not only genuine historical persons, but a whole dynasty. Among the porcelain “persons” – Empress Catherine II, Emperor Peter I, family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, as well as the contemporary Romanovs from different European countries.

Children waiting for Christmas

The uniqueness of the collection is that every item is in a single copy made by hand, with the use of porcelain and exclusive material. Also, antique lace, fur, embroidery with beads and pearls.