The artist Marina Andreeva created the coffee set “Bouquet”. She was born in 1954 in Perm; when she was young, she became interested in fine arts and entered an art school for adults. After that, she started taking courses at the Leningrad Higher School of Art and Design named after V. I. Mukhina. In 1975, she became a student at this School, and in 1980, she graduated with a degree in ceramics and glass artistry.
Since 1980, Marina Andreeva has worked as an artist at the Bronnitsky porcelain factory “Vozrozhdenie”. Her artwork was distinguished by a special style of painting and expressiveness. The main subject of her works was the harmony between the human being, nature, and art. Since 1989 Andreeva has been a member of the Novgorod branch of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
The history of the Bronnitsky porcelain factory “Vozrozhdenie” began in 1882, when two factories — a pottery and a brick one — were built in the village of Novaya Melnitsa in the Novgorod governorate on the initiative of the engineer Kazimir Reichel. In 1892, Ivan Kuznetsov, who by that time already owned the Volkhov Porcelain Factory, the Chudovsky Glass Factory, and the Gruzinskaya factory, purchased the factories. He brought porcelain makers from Moscow to Novgorod and began manufacturing.
Although the plant was geographically located in the village of Novaya Melnitsa, people started calling it by the name of the nearest large settlement in the area — Bronnitsa. 1,100 people were working at the Bronnitsky porcelain factory by the beginning of the 20th century; they produced 890 tons of items per year.
After the October revolution, all Kuznetsov’s porcelain plants were nationalized. The new management did not immediately arrange the production, so the factory worked intermittently. In 1921, the State Trust of the porcelain and faience Industry of the Novgorod governorate (“NovGubFarfor”) was established, it now included the Bronnitsky, Gruzinskaya, and Volkhov porcelain factories. In 1922, on the initiative of the workers of the Bronnitsky factory, the plant was renamed “Proletary”. Since 1925, it completely switched to the production of porcelain, and in February 1942, when the Germans approached Novgorod, the plant was evacuated to Krasnoyarsk.
Veliky Novgorod suffered a great deal during the war, and when the restoration of the plant began in 1944, everything had to be started from scratch. In January 1945, the factory had already returned to large production volumes, and six months later an art school was opened, where the future porcelain makers began their training.
Since 1980, Marina Andreeva has worked as an artist at the Bronnitsky porcelain factory “Vozrozhdenie”. Her artwork was distinguished by a special style of painting and expressiveness. The main subject of her works was the harmony between the human being, nature, and art. Since 1989 Andreeva has been a member of the Novgorod branch of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
The history of the Bronnitsky porcelain factory “Vozrozhdenie” began in 1882, when two factories — a pottery and a brick one — were built in the village of Novaya Melnitsa in the Novgorod governorate on the initiative of the engineer Kazimir Reichel. In 1892, Ivan Kuznetsov, who by that time already owned the Volkhov Porcelain Factory, the Chudovsky Glass Factory, and the Gruzinskaya factory, purchased the factories. He brought porcelain makers from Moscow to Novgorod and began manufacturing.
Although the plant was geographically located in the village of Novaya Melnitsa, people started calling it by the name of the nearest large settlement in the area — Bronnitsa. 1,100 people were working at the Bronnitsky porcelain factory by the beginning of the 20th century; they produced 890 tons of items per year.
After the October revolution, all Kuznetsov’s porcelain plants were nationalized. The new management did not immediately arrange the production, so the factory worked intermittently. In 1921, the State Trust of the porcelain and faience Industry of the Novgorod governorate (“NovGubFarfor”) was established, it now included the Bronnitsky, Gruzinskaya, and Volkhov porcelain factories. In 1922, on the initiative of the workers of the Bronnitsky factory, the plant was renamed “Proletary”. Since 1925, it completely switched to the production of porcelain, and in February 1942, when the Germans approached Novgorod, the plant was evacuated to Krasnoyarsk.
Veliky Novgorod suffered a great deal during the war, and when the restoration of the plant began in 1944, everything had to be started from scratch. In January 1945, the factory had already returned to large production volumes, and six months later an art school was opened, where the future porcelain makers began their training.
