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The skill of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known many centuries ago. However, even though a hundred years, it's got not lost its relevance,giving the entire world the astounding in their beauty products that could beautify the royal chambers. The fact the best place is themarquetry on the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of order marquetry portraits.
- Please inform us somewhat about yourself and exactly how you will get were only available in a hard-to-find art form - marquetry.
- I was born in Sokol, Vologda region, my family has been creative individuals. According to the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died at the front end in 1943 in Leningrad, he was obviously a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was engaged in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and it was considered one of the masters in the business one of the best. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands
My love for several types of applied art began during his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it was interesting. However a really strong impression on me picture I saw, came once to check out a pal. It absolutely was a tiny operation onRussian folk tales, carved from components of different varieties of wood and composed being a mosaic, in a unit. Then I was surprised, whenever you can, only using natural wood with no colors, result in the bet on texture and color to pick ??? Only years later Ilearned it had become my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone would be the a number of decades is usually to learn this art and master it toperfection.
- Earlier in Russia could order items with marquetry only loaded people, today the specific situation has changed or wooden inlay isstill only accessible for the elite?
- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia can afford only loaded people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich and the court nobility. I do believe that today the problem hasn't changed. True inlay available remains just the elite, butnew technologies let produce simplified varieties of marquetry, however they are far inferior to manual work. It is obvious that theproduct placed on stream, should never be the masterpieces from the highest level.
- You may already know, el born area received the greatest flowering of art in Europe is different than a Russian school of marquetry fromWestern European?
- Growth and development of the Russian school of marquetry was closely associated with the development of this art in numerous Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, for me, is caused by the possible lack of a unified style, some sort of layering, that was the hallmark of this kind of art in Russia. I was capable of take in the best of the setand create something of the diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit can only handle marquetry, this kind of art require special knowledge and talent. The amount of artists today,in a position to create masterpieces out of wood?
- To date, the real masters, capable of create masterpieces of wood - one, simply because this form of art requires perseverance, attention,knowledge of the different varieties of trees, the sense of taste, style and ability to post a tree coloured, texture. Specialists, whoare keen on marquetry could be called with the names of everybody that is considered a professional in cases like this. Each master their ownstyle, its very own personality.
- So far as today, popular products, produced in the appearance of marquetry? In fact, these are a lot more like the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly joined with modern design.
