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Plate "Red Rider" with an illustration of a Russian folk tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful"
 
Among the wide variety of items presented in the auction number 5 of the Eastern European Antique House " Porcelain, Glass " deserves special attention Russian porcelain of the modern era . In Russia in the development of Art Nouveau can note two key points . The first - an appeal to the national epic , fairy tales , epics as sources of subjects and a formal interpretation of the artistic heritage of the heathen and ancient Russia and folk art. Second - this is the attraction to the "small" forms of art , able to embody the idea of synthesis of art and universalism. The embodiment of these principles can serve as Lot number 109 " plate " Red Rider " with an illustration of a Russian folk tale " Vasilisa the Beautiful " .

The plate was released on the private porcelain factories Kornilov brothers in the first decade of the twentieth century. Interest to collectors and researchers is decor plates, which reproduced illustration of the famous Russian artist Ivan Bilibin (1876 - 1942) in 1900 to the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" . The name of the artist for many generations attributed magical world of Russian fairy tales. Series of Russian folk tales , published Department of State Securities in the period between 1901 and 1903 years , is the first work Bilibina book graphics . The criticism of the book has met more than favorably ! Russian art critic wrote about this publication as follows: " On the comparison with Malyutin not out of the question . We Bilibina better picture, and his illustrations , no doubt, are more accessible to children. He felt thoroughly studied the works of international artists . " Indeed, the relationship of book graphics Bilibina with the works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai wrote many researchers of his work.

Not The choice of the illustrations of the artist to play in the application form - china. Private St. Petersburg plant Kornilov brothers regularly participated in the World exhibitions of art and industry , took first prize (1839 , 1841 , 1849 ), and was even awarded the right to put the national emblem on their products . A series of fairy tales in the early twentieth century was a huge success and glorified the name of Ivan Bilibin that the private factory had a special meaning - in its range should be of the most cutting-edge trends in the production of porcelain and fine arts.