Three Centuries of Excellence. Imperial Porcelain Manufactory

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It is about three centuries now since the date when the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory was founded. The enterprise has a lot to be proud of both in its past and present and, I would like to believe, in its future. It has always been the centre of Russian porcelain art, the wares created within its walls are a model of true taste and the factory’s artists are trend-setters in this field.
Together with the whole country the factory survived through all historical ordeals and responded to major events with remarkable works of art and technological discoveries. The famous propaganda porcelain expressed in a vivid and unusual form the new Soviet ideology. During the years of the First World War and the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 the enterprise provided for the needs of the front in crockery for hospitals, mastered the production of optical glass, chemical and technical porcelain.
The theme of war was treated by the factory’s artists, but it did not become the prevailing motif of their porcelain wares. On returning to the factory the famous porcelain master Alexey Vorobyevsky destroyed several of his works featuring the war and said: “Porcelain must be beautiful.” Several generations of the factory’s artists have shared this axiom to this day. The team of professional artists is our competitive advantage in business. Few enterprises in this industry could allow this. But it is only such a union of advanced mechanization with imaginative creativity that makes it possible for us to develop and maintain the status of the Academy of Porcelain. The said words may be confirmed by the unabated interest of researchers and art collectors in both historical and contemporary porcelain. Every year leading museums of the country arrange exhibitions, round tables and conferences with Russian porcelain as their inexhaustible theme, focusing primarily on the wares produced at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory. In the year of the 275th Anniversary we would like to share with viewers our joy of contemplating the best works created at the legendary enterprise. The present edition will give you a chance to trace the art history of the manufactory – from the first Russian dinner service to conceptual spatial compositions of our days. Читать дальше…