Works of Palekh miniature painters in the field of porcelain decoration (Palekh porcelain)

The article is devoted to the history of the production and painting of artistic porcelain products in the Palekh craft – a little-studied page in the annals of the twentieth century Palekh. The subject of the study is an analysis of the technical and artistic difficulties faced by Palekh artists in mastering the production and painting of porcelain in the 1920s - 1930s, as well as the reasons that, unlike the production and painting of papier–mache, it could not be put on an industrial basis. The purpose of the article is to expand our understanding of the richness of the ways of development that the Palekh fishery had during the early Soviet period using the example of an alternative artistic material for Palekh. Using the method of comparative analysis, as well as narrative and structural research methods, the author examines the role of A.V. Bakushinsky and other representatives of the Soviet intelligentsia in the development of porcelain painting by Palekh artists. The scientific novelty of the study consists in an attempt to consider this problem as a complex phenomenon: the article analyzes Palekh porcelain products from both the pre-war period and the 1950s – 1970s. The main conclusion of the article is the statement that despite the gradual fading of the Palekh fishing organization's interest in this material, many Palekh artists continued to create talented and original porcelain products during the Soviet period.