5” bijou casket was hand painted by highly acknowledged artist S. Monashov in 1956. Monashov Sergey Vasilievich, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia (MOSH), gave his life to his native craft, worked at the Fedoskino school for more than 20 years and taught composition, the first to systematize all materials on the subject of materials science. Thanks to the efforts of C. B. Monashov in Fedoskino revived the design of products with a scan and tsifrovka (this technique was lost after the closure of the Lukutin factory in 1904)
Size app.: 13,2 cm (roughly 5,2 in) long, 8.6 cm (roughly 3.4 in) deep, 4.6 cm (roughly 1.8 in) high. Loss to centre, wear is everywhere. For better appearance on photographs I have applied linen oil over main picture (old original varnish wasn't disturbed) and after picturing I have removed it. Be aware: All boxes in their original state have never been restored. Please study high-res pictures for cosmetic condition! Weight of app. 0.1 kg it is going to measure some 0.25 kg of volume packed for shipment.
C. B. Monashov born September 20, 1923 in Narofominsk, Moscow Region. In 1947 he graduated from the Fedoskino school of miniature painting. He studied under M.S. Chizhov, A.A. Parfenov, I.F. Vetrov. In 1962 - Moscow Technological Institute. He studied under N.N. Zolotarev and M.S. Aleschenko. The beginning of creative work since 1949. He is working on the creation of creative miniatures on papier-mâché, in the field of portraiture, genre and ornamental design. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 1966. 1985-1991 was the head of the cooperative "Artist", who volunteered to restore the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Fedoskino and created the "Exhibition Hall" on its basis. Since 1991 - Head of the Turret Art Studio at Fedoskino. Participant of exhibitions: republican exhibition of works of folk applied art and the art industry (1952), regional exhibitions of arts and crafts (1954-1956), republican exhibition of applied art (1956), youth regional exhibition (1957), republican exhibition dedicated to the 40th anniversary Soviet power (1958), republican exhibition "Decorative and Applied Art of the RSFSR" (1960), 5th festival of youth and students in Warsaw (1955), republican exhibition "By Homeland" (1965 19 1972), zone exhibitions “In a single formation” (1964, 1967), zonal exhibitions “Center. Northern Regions ”(1969, 1974), All-Union Exhibition“ Country of Soviets ”(1987), zonal exhibitions“ Moscow Region ”(1980, 1984, 1990), regional exhibition“ 50 Years of MOOSKH ”(1996), 7th exhibition of works by artists of the central regions of Russia (1997), All-Russian art exhibition “Your Name” (2000). Main works: miniatures-portraits of the Bolshoi Theater artists - Ulanova, Plisetskaya, Pirogov, Messerer; matchsticks "On the water", "Embroiderer"; sets of caskets with decorative design with the scan “Light”, “Patterned”, “Festive”, “Yaroslavna”, “Braid”, “Peacock feather”. His works are in the State Russian Museum, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art, the Regional Museum of Local Lore (Istra), art museums in the cities of Tula, Penza, Kemerovo, Nizhny Tagil, Orenburg. Veteran of the Second World War. During the Great Patriotic War, he fought on the North-Western Front. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, medals "For Courage", "For Victory over Germany", commemorative medals, and the medal "Veteran of Labor".