Figurine “Breeze”

Technique: Faience, painting.
Size: Height 25 cm.

Figurine “Breeze”. USSR, Konakovo Faience Factory, 1970s–80s. Sculptor: Maria Petrovna Kholodnaya (1903–1989). Faience, polychrome painting.  Height: 25 cm. Length: 24.5 cm. Marks: in green, with an image of a branch “ZiK 35”, in red “Ts 15-50 1s”. Good condition. Crazing. Maria Petrovna Kholodnaya (1903–1989) – leading ceramic sculptor of the Konakovo factory, member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. In 1928 M. P. Kholodnaya graduated from the Kyiv Art Institute. While studying, she worked at the art and production workshop in Mezhyhirya. She worked in Konakovo in different periods: 1934–1957. Best-known sculptures: “Calf Tender”, “Friends of Birds”, “Snowman”, “Pionerskaya Pravda”, sweet dishes “Ukrainian Woman”, “Kyrgyz Woman”, “Uzbek Woman”, etc. Works by M. P. Kholodnaya are held in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Kuskovo Museum-Estate, the Tver Regional Picture Gallery, were held in the museum of the Konakovo Faience Factory, etc.