MSTERA
There are four traditional centres of miniature lacquered box painting in Russia, which today have become the most famous .
Fedoskino
Kholui
MSTERA holds a special place in this group, due to its more ancient and maybe more colourful traditions.
A special place in the Mstera icon painting tradition was held by Byzantine art, the successors of which were first and
The leading Mstera artist among the painters of miniatures should by right be Nikolai Klykov
Klykov painted works depicting Russian folk tales and episodes from the works of Russian writers, but hardly changed the
At the beginning of the third millennium, there has been a flowering of Mstera art, that is of icon painting and lacquering

Mstera

1. MSTERA

2. There are four traditional centres of miniature lacquered box painting in Russia, which today have become the most famous .

Palekh

3. Fedoskino

4. Kholui

5. MSTERA holds a special place in this group, due to its more ancient and maybe more colourful traditions.

6. A special place in the Mstera icon painting tradition was held by Byzantine art, the successors of which were first and

foremost the Vladimir and Suzdal icon painters. The
Byzantine technique of painting and Byzantine icon painting
was preserved in Mstera for many centuries, right up until
the start of the 20th century.

7. The leading Mstera artist among the painters of miniatures should by right be Nikolai Klykov

8. Klykov painted works depicting Russian folk tales and episodes from the works of Russian writers, but hardly changed the

landscapes in which his contemporary
heroes found themselves.

9. At the beginning of the third millennium, there has been a flowering of Mstera art, that is of icon painting and lacquering

miniatures painting.
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