Wender·Vista
Novosibirsk
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileRussia
on the Ob River, in the middle of southwestern Siberia

Novosibirsk

— — the city the Trans-Siberian built in a single century.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“Novosibirsk grew up around a railway bridge. When the Trans-Siberian crossed the Ob River in 1893, a settlement formed at the crossing; a century later it was the third-largest city in Russia. The Ob runs wide and slow through the middle of it. South of the city the pine forests open onto Akademgorodok, the science town built in the late 1950s. Winters hold the city in deep snow from November into April; the summer light runs late.

from the studio
Novosibirsk
— bring it home

Novosibirsk, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Novosibirsk

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Novosibirsk is the administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and the largest city in Siberia, on both banks of the Ob River in southwestern Siberia. It was founded in 1893 as Novonikolayevsk, the settlement that grew up around the Trans-Siberian Railway's bridge over the Ob, and was renamed in 1926. The city sits at roughly 150 metres above sea level on the West Siberian Plain. By the 2021 census the population had passed 1.6 million, making it the third-largest city in Russia after Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

— the season

The Siberian winter is the dominant fact of the year. Average January temperatures sit around -16°C and routinely drop below -30°C in cold snaps. Snow cover usually lasts from early November until late March or April. The Ob freezes from late autumn into spring. Summers are short and warm, with July averages near 19°C and long northern light that runs past ten in the evening. The shoulder seasons of May and September are brief; locals plan trips out to the taiga and the Altai foothills in those weeks.

— the visit

Tolmachevo Airport sits about sixteen kilometres west of the centre. Novosibirsk-Glavny, the main railway station, is one of the largest in Russia and a major stop on the Trans-Siberian. The Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, completed in 1945, has the largest auditorium of any Russian theatre and is a landmark of Soviet-era architecture. Akademgorodok, the academic town founded in 1957, sits about 30 kilometres south among pine forest along the Ob Sea reservoir. Summer river cruises run on the Ob; winter brings ski tracks through the city forests.

— where
Russia · Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast
— elevation
150 m · 492 ft
— position
55.0084° N · 82.9357° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
30 km S
Akademgorodok
academic town
35 km S
Ob Sea
reservoir
270 km NE
Tomsk
Siberian university city
300 km S
Altai foothills
mountain region
N
Novosibirsk
Akademgorodok
Ob Sea
Tomsk
Altai foothills
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Novosibirsk — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Novosibirsk was founded in 1893 as the settlement of Novonikolayevsk, around the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway's bridge across the Ob River. It was renamed Novosibirsk in 1926 after the Soviet reorganisation.

Yes. With a population over 1.6 million in the 2021 census, it is the largest city in Siberia and the third-largest in Russia overall, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

Akademgorodok is the academic town founded in 1957 about 30 kilometres south of central Novosibirsk, in the pine forest along the Ob Sea reservoir. It houses the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and many research institutes.

The Ob, one of the great Siberian rivers, flows north through the centre of the city toward the Arctic Ocean. The original Trans-Siberian railway bridge over the Ob is the reason the city exists at all.

Average January temperatures sit around -16°C and routinely drop below -30°C in cold snaps. Snow cover usually lasts from early November into late March. The Ob freezes solidly through the winter months.

Yes. Novosibirsk-Glavny is one of the largest stations on the Trans-Siberian, the line from Moscow to Vladivostok. The city's whole existence began with the building of the railway bridge over the Ob in the 1890s.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for customers with ties to the city or to Russia more broadly. The Ob and the Opera House are local shorthand for home. A Small or Medium with a studio note travels well.

The deep blue and snow-light palette reads well in alpine-modern, Scandinavian-minimalist, and warm industrial rooms. The Voynich treatment also holds its own as a jewel-tone anchor on an otherwise neutral wall.

Yes. Scandinavian-minimalist is leaning into single specific-place pieces over generic snowscapes. A Novosibirsk tile reads as place, not pattern, which is what the style is asking for.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large reads from across the room. Over a longer sectional or console, a 4-tile Mural carries more presence; a 9-tile Mural is the show-piece for a tall wall or stairwell.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so steam and splash do not affect it. Glossy is for dry wall installations.

A microfibre cloth and water. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it, so it will not wear or fade with normal handling. Avoid abrasive pads on the glossy finish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, under Reid Wender's eye. No licensing, no third-party prints, no resold imagery.

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