* Kholodnaya Maria Petrovna

Soviet sculptor, master of decorative and applied arts; member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. In 1922, she entered the Kiev Art Institute, studied in the workshop of M.L. Boychuk, then - E.Ya. Sagaidachny. Simultaneously with her studies, she worked in the art and production workshop in Mezhyhirya. In 1928, she graduated from the institute and moved to Moscow, where she worked in a ceramics workshop at the State Porcelain Museum. From 1934 to 1957, she worked at the Faience Factory named after M.I. Kalinin in Konakovo. She also worked at the sculpture factory No. 1 in Potymikha and at the Gzhel ceramics factory. Since the 1950s - a regular participant in domestic and foreign exhibitions. The author's works are presented in the State Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Ceramics in Kuskovo, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.