Figurine “Beach”

Technique: Porcelain, painting.
Size: Height 8 cm.

Ukraine, 1960s–1970s Porcelain, painting Sculptor: O. Rapai Height 8 cm On the base, mark in red by hand “Kyiv / V S / 14” In the mid-20th century, the use of Petrykivka painting on porcelain was widely introduced for the first time at the Kyiv Experimental Ceramic and Art Factory. The enterprise employed well-known craftswomen from Petrykivka, pupils of Tatiana Pata: Marfa Timchenko, Vera Klimenko-Zhukova, Pelageya Glushchenko, Vera Pavlenko and Galina Pavlenko-Chernichenko. It was the only enterprise with established mass production of porcelain decorated with painting by masters from the main school of Petrykivka painting. Other well-known porcelain artists and sculptors also worked at the factory: O. L. Zhnikrup, V. I. Shcherbina, O. P. Rapai-Markish, G. M. Kaluga, A. D. Sorokin and many others.