
Vaulin P. K. (1870-1943), ceramist
VAULIN Peter Kuzmich (1870-1943), chemical engineer and ceramics artist. He worked in S. I. Mamontov's ceramic workshop in Abramtsevo near Moscow in 1890-1904. He then founded industrial workshops in Kikerino near St. Petersburg (today Volosovsky District, Leninigrad Region) in 1906. He was the commissioner of Lomonosov Porcelain Works from 1918 and simultaneously the technical director of Gorn Works, Kikerino, until 1930. He was also an adviser of Proletarian Porcelain Works from 1930. His major works include decorative portal facing of the Institute of Experimental Medicine's library in 1911-13, a panel on the front of the Zakharov family's apartment house situated at 17 Klinsky Avenue, made in 1912-13, portal and dome facing of the Cathedral Mosque in 1910-17, etc. He wrote works on ceramics technology.
Reference: Литвинова Ж. П. Искусство вечных красок: Уроки творчества художника-керамиста П. К. Ваулина // СиАЛ. 1976. № 8. С. 38-42; Фролов В. А. Особенности творческого почерка художника-керамиста П. К. Ваулина // К истории русского изобразительного искусства XVII-ХХ вв.: Новые материалы, тенденции, концепции. СПб., 1993. С. 61-72.
В. А. Фролов.
personalities
Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilievich
Mamontov Savva Ivanovich
the Zakharovs
Vaulin Peter Kuzmich
addresses
Klinsky Ave, 17
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Lomonosov Porcelain Factory
Mosque
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