Lavrov comes of a family of lacquer miniature artists. He is a son of I.P. Lavrov.
  
Worked in Fedoskino since 1910. 
  
Teacher at the Fedoskino Art School since 1933. 
  
Information on V.I. Lavrov and his works you can find in these books: 
  
I.  Suprin L.Ya., 1987, LACQUER MINIATURE OF FEDOSKINO, LEGROMBITIZDAT, Moscow:
  
1. Box "Portrait of V.I. Chapaev" (1938, Folk Art Museum), page 77, # 27.
  
2. Box for orders "Portrait of M.I. Kutuzov" (1946, Folk Art Museum), page 79, # 28.
  
3. Box "Winter troika" (1920, Folk Art Museum), page 177, # 83.
  
II. Chizhov M., 1982, AMONG MINIATURISTS. NOTES OF FEDOSKINO MASTER, ARTIST OF USSR, Leningrad:
  
1. Portrait of V.I. Lavrov, painted by M.S. Chizhov.
  
2. Âox "Tea Party" (1935), page 124.
  
III. Pirogova L., 1996, 200 YEARS OF RUSSIAN LACQUERY, Yantarny Skaz, ROSKNIGA, Kaliningrad, ISBN 5-7406-0017-0: 
  
1. Casket "Rabfak Coming" (the 1930s, All-Russia  Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art), after original by B.V. Ioganson (1893-1973), page 55.
  
IV. Soloninkin N., Dmitriev B., 1995, FEDOSKINO LACQUER MINIATURE, Fedoskino factory of miniature art, Moscow:
  
1. Box "Drinking Tea" (1935, Museum of Fedoskino School), page 8, # 1.
  
V. Guliayev V., 1989, RUSSIAN LACQUERED MINIATURES, AURORA ART PUBLISHERS, Leningrad:
  
1. Box "Drinking Tea" (1935, Museum of Fedoskino School), page 49, # 30.
  
VI. Nikolai Malakhov, 1990, FEDOSKINO, IZOBRAZITELNOYE ISKUSSTVO PUBLISHERS, Moscow:
  
1. Âox "Tea Party" (1935), # 60.
  
2. Box "An old man and a kitten" (1945), # 61.
  
3. Box "Drinking Tea" (1935, Museum of Fedoskino School), 62.
  
4. Casket "Portrait of M.I. Kutuzov" (1946), # 63.
  
VII. Maria Nekrasova, 1994, RUSSIAN LACQUER MINIATURES. FEDOSKINO, PALEKH, KHOLUY, MSTERA, SOGLASIE, Moscow:
  
1. Box for tea "Drinking Tea" (1945, Fedoskino Museum), page 45, # 30.
  
2. Box "Winter troika" (1940, Fedoskino Museum), page 50, # 35.
  
3. Box "Winter scene" (1948, Fedoskino Museum), page 62, # 47.
  
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