Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “St. Sergius of Radonezh”

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3. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “And we are not afraid”During his life, Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich created more than 7,000 paintings. From an early age the boy was attracted by the rich cultural heritage of Russia, but at the same time he was interested in the culture of the East. After graduating from the gymnasium, Nikolai entered both the law faculty of the University and […]...
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7. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Svyatogor”Nicholas Roerich’s painting “Svjatogor” was written in one of the most fascinating periods of the artist’s life. Now it is stored in the Moscow Museum of the Peoples of the East. The heroic power and unshakable spirit of the Russian epic warriors always attracted the painter and became the subject for several of his paintings. […]...
8. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Snow Maiden”N. Roerich often made sketches for various productions, which were successfully held not only in Russia, but also abroad. The artist approached the creation of scenery very responsibly and worked on each drawing for a long time. He believed that the viewer was studying his sketches in detail and even once wrote in the newspaper […]...
9. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Three joys”Russian mystic artist predicted and changed the future with his paintings. Among the paintings that could turn out to be prophetic, “Three Joys” occupies a special bright place. The artist offers to share the joy. This bright feeling is caused by the family of the villager in the center of the picture, to which the […]...
10. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Herald”A strikingly beautiful picture created in the technique using a tempera palette of colors was created by the artist in 1924. Subsequently, in 1925, in Adyar, he presented her to the Theosophical Society in the person of its founder – a unique Russian woman – Blavatsky Elena Petrovna. She possessed an unusually high degree of […]...
11. Description of the painting by Svyatoslav Roerich “Portrait of Nicholas Roerich”Svyatoslav Roerich often wrote his father – finding special pleasure in the portrait genre, he did not find better models than his relatives, because he knew them best of all, it was their features that he could write even with his eyes closed. Searching for new things in them, opening the caches of souls, he […]...
12. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Pigeon Book”Roerich is one of those rare artists who is trying to understand and analyze philosophical and complex issues through his works. The artist mainly focused his attention on the description of the originality of the Russian people, to help the viewer travel back to the days of distant ancestors. His paintings help to reveal the […]...
13. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Sadko”Nicholas Roerich left after his death an incredible number of works dedicated to the heroes and their great deeds. The work of “Sadko” is a large panel, which was included in the cycle of works “Bogatyr Frieze”. The panel interests the public by the fact that on it we see not the hero Sadko, but […]...
14. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Alexander Nevsky”The painting “Alexander Nevsky” was painted in 1942 in honor of the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Peipsi. In the war years, when the topic of patriotism became more relevant than ever, Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich repeatedly turned to the heroic pages of Russian history. His heroic cycle included such works as “Yaroslav”, “Victory”, […]...
15. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Ilya of Murom”Nicholas Roerich became famous not only as an artist, but primarily as a philosopher and public figure. He is one of the authors of the esoteric teachings. As a creator, Roerich Sr. embodied in his paintings the history of Russian culture, traditions and spirituality of Russia. Nicholas seriously fond of archaeological excavations, participated in expeditions […]...
16. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Holy Island”1917; canvas, tempera; 49 x 77; The Russian Museum. The picture of Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich “Holy Island” depicts the steep, inaccessible rocky coast of a lonely standing island. On the summit, on the side of the majestic cliff far from the viewer, stands several individual trees. These are tall thin-barred pines stretching towards the sky, […]...
17. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Sacred Spring”The picture was painted in 1945, which means not just spring, but victory over a terrible and bloody war. Roerich is distinguished in this picture by a radiant, bright shine. This is the real Russian spring, the triumph of the world over the war. All the heroes of the canvas are depicted in light clothes, […]...
18. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Victory”Roerich has a unique, “Bogatyrskaya” series of paintings dedicated to the Second World War. Two paintings from this series are in the Novosibirsk gallery. One of them is called “Victory”. The painting was written in 1942. The war was in full swing, the worst days of the Leningrad blockade were still ahead. But Moscow managed […]...
19. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Idols”Since 1900, Nicholas Roerich has been working on a conceived series of paintings on the “Slavic” theme. The artist was then in Paris, but still managed to embody the images of the ancient Russian life that inspired him. As a traveler, he visited the excavation site. In the Tsarskoye Selo district mounds were found where, […]...
20. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Self-portrait”Nicholas Roerich is known in the world not only as a talented and original artist, but also as a major public figure. After the October Revolution of the seventeenth year, the artist emigrated, but he did not stop working abroad for the benefit of the Fatherland abroad. Being the son of a well-known notary, Nicholas […]...
21. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “My home”In the picture you can see the processes of color conversion, from dark to light shades. Here are collected difficult to match colors and their location. In the center of the picture depicts the image of a woman with amazing plasticity. The flowing lines of her silhouette demonstrate her femininity. She is dressed in an […]...
22. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Armageddon”Roerich is a Russian artist, publicist, an extremely versatile person who gave the world a huge number of paintings. He was distinguished by indefatigable energy, the desire to try everything that life could offer him, as well as intolerance to evil in all its manifestations. “Armageddon” is one of his paintings, deeply symbolic and reflecting […]...
23. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “messenger”The famous Nicholas Roerich from a young age showed great promise as a future artist. At the final exam in 1897, after completing the basics of artistic mastery, Kuindzhi Roerich lit his guiding star in the boundless world of painting – presented the first painting “The Messenger” to the public. The final work received many […]...
24. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Lilies”Roerich – the famous Russian artist, archeologist, writer, on his account a lot of canvases, many of which are exhibited in museums around the world. The artist had a very active life position, believed that the world needed to be changed, that the road he was following could only come to ruin. Most of his […]...
25. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Teacher’s Order”Nicholas Roerich was a very talented artist who tirelessly painted. On his very last day of his life, he worked on the painting “Teacher’s Order”. Earlier, in 1927, Roerich had already written the work “Teacher’s Decree”, but 20 years later the master rethought what he had written and changed the original version. Roerich, at the […]...
26. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Crown”Roerich and here is true to himself. Again soft paints, like on other canvases and again a little historical plot, as well as on some of his canvases. But here is another story entirely different. There is a place for both mythology and history and a natural phenomenon, and of course more attention is paid […]...
27. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “News of Shambhala”Roerich is a Russian artist, archeologist, traveler, author of thirty literary works, whose contribution to art is represented by a huge number of paintings – there are about 7,000 of them. Eternally susceptible to any kind of injustice, he painted pictures that were designed to wake the dormant soul in people, let the light into […]...
28. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Himalayas”Roerich – singer of the mountains. Considering that a person should live in them, he immortalized them in paintings with enviable stubbornness and skill, as if giving them a new life on paper. Shambhala, the city of great truth, is hidden in the mountains. Sparse air is useful for understanding oneself, thin mountain peaks and […]...
29. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “The Way to Shambhala”The artist managed to combine several ideas and designs in one work. The first thing we see when looking at this picture is the mountains. For Nicholas Roerich, the mountains were sacred creations of nature itself. He was sure that there was a great secret hidden in them that would help all of humanity. The […]...
30. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Tibet. Himalayas”Painted painting “Tibet. Himalayas “was created by Roerich under the impression of the harsh winter, which he found during an expedition to Central Asia. The work is imbued with admiration for the greatness of the mountains and the thrill of being in a sacred place. The artist paints lovingly and with restraint on this island […]...
31. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Wanderer of the Light City”The canvas was created in 1933 in oil on canvas. Nicholas Roerich is a unique person in Russian history. He was an artist, writer, philosopher, and archaeologist. He traveled a lot and was a public figure. During his life he wrote seven thousand paintings. Roerich contributed to the church heritage of the country, engaged in […]...
32. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Heavenly Battle”Quite a few pictures of Roerich contain images of clouds. So in this picture they are assigned a large part of the canvas. Their image is transmitted by the artist in magnificent forms of patterns, aerial and voluminous, so dissimilar to each other. At the top of the sky, the clouds are white, they still […]...
33. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Himalayas. Pink MountainsThe painting belongs to the mature work of the great Russian artist Nicholas Roerich. Being a man with diverse interests, the master traveled a lot around the world, studying philosophy and religion. One place he loved the most. This place has become a colorful India. Roerich lived there for many years until his death. During […]...
34. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Works of the Mother of God”For many years nothing was heard about this picture. Art critics have already begun to think that this beautiful canvas is forever lost, but in 2013 the picture was at one of the London auctions. It turns out that for a long time the painting was at the disposal of a private American collector of […]...
35. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Overseas guests”Nicholas Roerich painted this picture in 1901. The inspiration for the painting was a sea voyage, which the artist undertook two years earlier to Novgorod. During the trip, the weather was surprisingly good, and the artist thought for a moment that once our ancestors swam in the same way – Rusichi. The project of the […]...
36. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Mountains”Mountains are the eternal, recurring theme of Roerich’s paintings. He painted the mountains at dawn and dusk, the mountains are summer and winter, low and high. He sang mountains like a song, weaving plots into them and using them to convey some truths. In the mountains, he saw the best, the only place where you […]...
37. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Leading”Nicholas Roerich with his work entitled “The Leader” shows the important quality that is characteristic of wives in the lives of their husbands. After all, he devoted this picture to his life’s companion, Elena Ivanovna. If you delve into the biography of the artist, it becomes known that his wife was for him a kind […]...
38. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Zvenigorod”Roerich was a very versatile man – an artist, a writer, a traveler, an archaeologist, he lived a long life and wrote about 7,000 paintings, many of which are famous and are kept in museums. “Zvenigorod” is a picture closely connected with his life and with his belief that Altai is the best place for […]...
39. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Kanchenjunga”The mountain sacred to the Indians was depicted by the artist many times. While on an expedition to Tibet, he could not resist her charm, each time opening a new viewing angle to Kanchenjungu. Simple colors create an atmosphere of calm, making it clear to the viewer that the picture is morning. The mountains only […]...
40. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “The Angel of the Last”In N. K. Roerich two paintings with one plot are called “The Last Angel”. The first one was created several years before the First World War. Another picture – thirty years later, in the midst of World War II. In the first picture, we see an Angel that descends from heaven to a burning Earth. […]...