Exhibition activity of the Palekh lacquer miniature craft (1945-1989)

Abstract

The study is a continuation of the article "Exhibition activity of the Palekh lacquer miniature craft (1923-1939)", published in the scientific journal "Man and Culture". The subject of the proposed work is an analysis of the exhibition activity of the Palekh lacquer craft in the post-war period, limited to the second half of the 1940s and the end of the 1980s. The purpose of the article is to use historical, typological and structural research methods, as well as a historical and systematic approach, to show the specifics of this period in the history of the exhibition activity of the Palekh craft. Emphasizing the continuity of the exhibition activities of the 1940s - 1980s with the pre–war period, the author at the same time points out the new features that appear in the exhibition practices of the craft in the post-war period.   The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that the author analyzes the most important art shows of the Soviet Union, where the products of the Palekh lacquer miniature were exhibited in the 1940s – 1980s. The article pays special attention to the activities of the State Museum of Palekh Art, which after its opening in 1935 became an important exhibition center for lacquer craft products, personal, retrospective, thematic and traveling exhibitions are considered. The main conclusion of the article is the substantiation of the importance of the considered topic for understanding the public recognition and fame that the Palekh lacquer miniature craft acquired in the late Soviet period, as well as in the post-Soviet period.