 Introducing . . . Master of Gzhel  Born in 1919 in Borovsk, Kaluga District, Ludmila Azarova played a role in the Great Patriotic War. In 1954 she graduated from the Moscow Industrial Art High School (formerly Stroganovskoje) and specialized in sculpture. Since 1954 she has worked as a painter at the Gzhel Association called "Artistic Ceramics." From 1960 till 1972 she held the position of Chief Artist of the Gzhel Association. L. P. Azarova is a Veteran of Labor and a member of the Union of Artists. In 1978 she became the Laureate of the State (The Repin Prize). She is the creative force behind many sculptures, jugs, tea sets, flasks, matrioshkas, cases, samovars, vases, cups, clocks. L. P. Azarova has also been an active participant at a large number of exhibitions, national and international, and has been awarded the silver and bronze medals of the Exhibition of the People's Economic Achievements. In 1978 at the International Fair in Zagreb (formerly Yugoslavia) the works of Azarova won a gold medal. Her creative works are on display in GRM, GIM, MNI, ZGIHMZ, GMK Kuskovo, MO Gzhel, etc.  |