Abstract: The subject of the study is the stylistic features and means of artistic expression of architectural majolica by Pyotr Kuzmich Vaulin. The object of the study is the actual architectural and artistic ceramics of P.K. Vaulin on the facades of buildings in Moscow at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, as an object of cultural heritage.
The author examines in detail the Moscow period of the master's activity, designates the circle of artists who worked with the ceramist, analyzes the phenomenon of the Abramtsevo art circle and its influence on the formation of P.K. Vaulin. Special attention is paid to the workshop in Abramtsevo, as a real art center and a source of the formation of a national romantic trend in fine and decorative arts, as well as the most significant architectural monuments of Moscow using majolica decor performed by P.K. Vaulin.The theoretical and methodological basis of the article was scientific works on the theory and history of art, aesthetics, psychology of art and philosophy. The method of compositional-artistic analysis, the comparative-descriptive method and the method of figurative-stylistic analysis were applied to consider the means of artistic expressiveness of architectural ceramics, the compositional interaction of materials and space, the study of style-forming and form-forming features of ceramics.
As a result of the research, the author concludes that the direct participation of professional artists in the practice of Russian decorative and applied art at the end of the XIX century seriously influenced the development of applied art and attracted the attention of the world community, thus contributing to the progress and high importance of this art direction in the system of fine arts. The analysis of the architectural works given in the article allows us to call P.K. Vaulin a co-author of ceramic works created by artists of the Mamontov circle. The scientific novelty of the research consists in a comprehensive study of P.K. Vaulin's creativity of the Moscow period of activity in the field of facade ceramics, as well as figurative, stylistic and artistic analysis of the master's works.