Mermaid. Lacquer paintings by Sergey Knyazev, Russian artist
Lacquer paintings by Sergey Knyazev
Fantastic world of the tale Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen painted on this lacquer box. Alongside with beautiful painting, the miniature painting amazes with its three-dimensional effect. The master achieves this effect with the help mother-of-pearl inlays that shine with a variety of undertones. Besides, it is lustrous gold and silver metal leaf inlays, silver powder, gold paint and a special layer upon layer method of painting. The author of these brilliant artworks is Sergey Knyazev who lives in the old Russian city of Vladimir. He studied design and decoration in the art college of Ivanovo. And his favorite style is Russian lacquer art Fedoskino. Sergey paints in oils, and combines design, oil painting, fantasy, paper mache and gold leaf.
A beauty in a birch tree forest. Lacquer paintings by Sergey Knyazev
An exquisite portrait of a young girl in traditional Russian attire. Her rich dress and expensive jewels say that she is the daughter of a noble boyar. She isn’t married as her head is covered with the bright red ribbon decorated with large pearls, but not with a kokoshnik that is a typical head-dress of married women in ancient Russia. The girl depicted here embodies the Russian ideal of female beauty. Thick eyebrows and eyelashes, big blue eyes, red fleshy lips and pink cheeks have been always the standards of female beauty in Russia.
Lacquer paintings by Sergey Knyazev
Traveling Circus. Unbelievable miracles, clowns, acrobats are coming to surprise the audience…Snowmaiden is a heroine of a popular Russian fairy-tale. She leaves Father Frost`s kingdom to see the human worldBeautiful view on Uspenskiy and Dmitrievskiy Cathedrals. Town of VladimirThe temple of Christ the Savior, magnificent building in the center of Moscow, not far from the KremlinThe greatest fantasy world by Tolkien – Lord of the rings. Lacquer paintings by Russian artist Sergey KnyazevThe greatest fantasy world by Tolkien – Lord of the rings. Lacquer paintings by Russian artist Sergey KnyazevDolphins playing in the sea. Made of mother-of-pearlTwo girls walking at white nights reading poems written by Pushkin, in the streets of St. Petersburg“Through the Looking Glass And What Alice Found There”. Alice is coming through the mirror to other worldCarnival in St. Petersburg, unreal world of 18th century. It represents a fantastic dream of all people to fly into the skyWhite-stoned Rostov Kremlin situated in the ancient Russian town of Rostov (first mentioned in the chronicles in 862)Tinkling bells. Bell flower (or campanula flower) is similar to real bells on the towersIvan Tsarevich and Princess Elena. The box shows an episode from the fairy-tale “Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf”Little mermaid enjoying the games and playing with fishes
