Sculpture “Irish Setter”

Technique: Porcelain, painting.
Size: 22.6 × 9.8 × 6 cm.

Sculpture “Irish Setter”. USSR, Leningrad Porcelain Factory (LFZ). Author of the model I. Riznich, author of the painting I. Riznich. 1985. Porcelain, painting. 22.6×9.8×6 cm. Marks: in green: LFZ, 2 s. Ivan Ivanovich Riznich (1908–1999) – animalier artist, master of porcelain painting. In 1926 he graduated from the art school in Pavlovsk near Leningrad. In 1927 the young artist began his creative career at the Leningrad Porcelain Factory. He worked here until 1956 as a porcelain painter and animalier sculptor, attaining the highest mastery in the technique of overglaze and underglaze painting. In addition to unique works, he created a number of prototypes for mass production. In 1956, at the International Exhibition in Brussels, he was awarded a silver medal for the painting of the service “Traps in a Hunting Reserve”.