Kholuy miniature
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A '''Kholuy miniature''' is a [[Russia]]n [[folk art|folk]] [[handicraft]] of [[miniature painting]], made with [[tempera]] on a [[varnish]]ed box of [[papier-mâché]]. This form of [[Russian lacquer art]] is produced exclusively by students of the [[Kholuy]] school, a [[Types of settlements in Russia|rural settlement]] in [[Ivanovo Oblast]].
The Kholuy school of [[icon]] painting was founded in 1883. The school continued the local handicraft of icon painting known since the 16th century, but after the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|Russian Revolution]] the icon painting workshops were closed. In the 1930s, a group of artists formed an association to open a workshop for miniature lacquer art, and a new school was opened in 1943. Subjects for Kholuy miniatures vary from Russian fairy tales (e.g. [[Snowmaiden]]) to cities. Kholuy miniatures seem to be less bounded by tradition than the boxes from [[Palekh miniature|Palekh]], [[Fedoskino miniature|Fedoskino]] and [[Mstyora miniature|Mstyora]].
==External links==
* [http://www.kholui.ru/index.htm Kholuy - Kholui Lacquer art]
[[Category:Russian culture]]
[[Category:Arts and crafts]]
[[Category:Miniature painting]]