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The Russian Imperial Wax Museum is the largest exhibition of wax figures in Russia, headquartered in the National Museum
of Art and Culture of St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1989 the company has organized
exhibits and museums, and currently supports over 30 exhibitions in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. We also cooperate with other organizers of exhibitions who regularly present our works. These partners include United Exhibits, of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Faber Art, of
Helsinki, Finland, in addition to exhibition partners in several Arab countries.
Our craftsmen have dedicated their careers
to preserving imperial Russias past through the creation of likenesses. With
our business their canvas has expanded to internationally recognized people. We
also possesses exclusive patented technology for creating figures which results in incredibly lifelike creations, and work
with the best sculpturors in Russia. We use a specially patented wax for making figures, created by the Russian engineers-chemists
with the support of a government program of applied chemistry, specifically for the Russian Imperial Wax Museum. It is very different from wax mixtures used by our competitors.
Most use mixtures containing mainly plastic which makes their figures lack lifelike qualities. Our figures
contain many layers of different colors and compounds; our wax mixture makes the color of our figures look realistic,
including the fact that the light goes into the depth of our wax and reflects from it just like the skin of human being does.
As for the plastic wax mixtures, the light reflects only from the surface of the figure and it is harder to make the figure
look real even with the usage of a lot of specially created cosmetics.
Our team of sculptors:
Ivan
Borisovich Korneev, Ph.D.:
Head of a sculptural
class of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, the student and the co-author of academician Mr. Anikushina. Has executed a number
of joint sculptural works with the artist Shemjakinym. A member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists.
Alexej
Shljahtin:
The Deans assistant
of the faculty of sculpture of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. A member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists.
Andrej
Poljanov:
The teacher of
a Sculpture class at the St. Petersburg Institute of Painting and Sculpturing named by Ms. Muhinoj. A member of the St. Petersburg
Union of Artists.
Galina
Ievleva:
The deserved sculptor
of the Russian Federation, the Member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists. The author of some monuments and sculptural
works in different cities of Russia.
Viktor
Shuvalov:
Member of the
St. Petersburg Union of Artists. The author of some monuments and sculptural ornaments in St. Petersburg and other cities
of Russia (for example, Sculptural furniture of a new building of the State Public Library in St. Petersburg).
To date more than 500 figures have been manufactured
based on different themes including:
and many many more
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