Artists

Nikolay Starikov (1932-1973) was a miniature artist, born in the village of Kholuy. He graduated from the Kholuy Art School in 1951 and joined the Kholuy Lacquer Miniature Factory. He taught at the Kholuy Art School beginning in 1959. Starikov also held a degree from the Moscow Technological Institute (1973). His major works include "At the Pike's Will" (1956). "Miner" (1959), and "Lilacs in Bloom" (1960).

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