Born 1874 - Died 1947, Place
Painter, graphic artist, theatre designer and writer
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Paintings
Messenger (And Kin Against Kin Has Risen). 1897.
Oil on canvas, 124.7x184.3cm.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Construction of a Town. 1901.
Oil on canvas, 154.5x264.5cm.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Rostov the Great. The Church of St.John the Divine. 1903. (From the architectural series 1903-1904).
Oil on canvas, 45x35 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Uglich. The Resurrection Monastery. 1903. (From the architectural series 1903-1904).
Oil on wood.
Rostov the Great. Kremlin. 1903. (From the architectural series 1903-1904).
Oil on wood, 31.4x41 cm.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
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The Resurrection Cathedral in Uglich. 1904. (From the architectural series 1903-1904).
Oil on wood, 46x83 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Slavs on the River Dnepr. 1905. (From the series "The Beginning of Russia. Slavs").
Tempera and pastel on cardboard, 67x89cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Zmiyevna (The Serpent's daughter).1906.
Tempera on cardboard, 50x89 cm.
The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
The Battle. 1906.
Oil on canvas, 161x299.5.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
The Battle at Kerzhenetz. 1911. Panel design for Kazan railway station in Moscow.
Tempera on cardboard, 53x71 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
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Pines against Clouds. 1912.
Pastel on paper, 22.2x26.3 cm.
Private collection, St.Petersburg.
The Heavenly Battle. 1912.
Tempera on cardboard, 66x95 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
The Serpent's Cry. 1913.
Tempera on canvas.
The Herald. 1914. (Lowered sails symbolize bad tidings. Dedicated to the World War I.)
Pastel and charcoal on cardboard. 75x89 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Hills. 1915.
Tempera on cardboard, 53x80 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
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A Fantasy Landscape. 1915.
Tempera on canvas, 173x191.5 cm.
Tver Picture Gallery.
The Heaven's Commands. 1915.
Tempera on cardboard, 75x97.5 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
St. Nikolas. 1916.
Tempera on cardboard.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
The Three Joys. 1916. (St.George herds the horses, St.Nikolai miracle-worker keeps the herds from harm, St.Ilya-prophet reaps the rye).
Tempera on canvas, 130x175cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
St.Panteleimon the Healer. 1916.
Tempera on canvas, 73x100.5cm.
Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum.
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The Holy Island. 1917. (Valaam on the Ladoga Sea).
Tempera on canvas, 49x77 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
The Old King.
Tempera on cardboard.
Patrol.
Tempera on canvas.
Red Horses. 1925.
Tempera on canvas, 73x100.5 cm.
Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum.
Matreya the Conqueror. 1925.
Tempera on canvas, 73.2x100 cm.
Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum.
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The Might of Caves. 1925.
Tempera on canvas, 73.5x100.8 cm.
Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum.
Horse of Happiness. 1925.
Tempera on canvas, 73x100.5 cm.
Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum.
Horse of Happiness. 1925.
Tempera on canvas, 73x100.5 cm.
Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum.
The Strength of Walls. 1925.
Tempera on canvas, 73x101.5 cm.
Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum.
The Banner of the Future. 1925.
Tempera on canvas, 73x101.5 cm.
Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum.
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The Great Horseman. 1927.
Tempera on cardboard.
Keeper of the World. 1937.
Tempera on canvas, 47x79 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
The Human Forefathers. 1940. (An eastern legend claims that bears were the forefathers of humans.)
Tempera on canvas, 82x153.5 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Prince Igor's Campaign. 1941.
Tempera on canvas.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Guardian of the Desert. 1941.
Tempera on canvas, 48x79 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
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St. Serghiy the Builder. 1942.
Tempera on canvas, 100x140 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
Kuluta. India. 1931.
Tempera on canvas, 30.7x48.5 cm.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Yurts. Mongolia. 1940.
Tempera on canvas, 52x69 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
Tibet. Monastery in the Mountains. 1940s.
Tempera on canvas, 47x79 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
She Who Awaits.
Tempera on canvas.
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Gesser Khan. 1941.
Tempera on canvas, 62x126 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
The Himalayas. 1941. (From the series "The Himalayas")
Gouache on canvas, 38.5x123 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
The Himalayas. Everest. 1941. (From the series "The Himalayas")
Gouache on canvas, 38.5x123 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Lkhassa. 1942.
Tempera on canvas, 91.5x145 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Beda the Preacher. 1942.
Tempera on canvas, 71.3x129 cm.
The Novosibirsk district Picture Gallery.
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Nastasya Mikulishna. 1943. An allegorical symbol of Russia at a time of war).
Tempera on canvas, 92x153 cm.
Novosibirsk Art Museum.
Remember! 1945.
Tempera on canvas, 91.5x153 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Santana. 1945.
Tempera on canvas, 92x153 cm.
Novosibirsk Art Museum.
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Theatre
A Mill in the Mountains. 1912. Set decor for the drama by H.Ibsen "Peer Gynt". Moscow Art Theatre.
Tempera on cardboard, 66x95 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
The Rocks on Rond. 1912. Set decor for the drama by H.Ibsen "Peer Gynt". Moscow Art Theatre.
Tempera on cardboard, 66x95 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Tristan's Ship. 1912. Set design for Act 1 of Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde". Moscow Zimin's Opera House.
Gouache on cardboard, 60x90 sm.
Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow.
Kiss of the Earth. 1912. Design sketch for the ballet by I.Stravinsky "The Sacred Spring", Act 1. Libretto by N.Roerikh and I.Stravinsky.
Tempera.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Kiss of the Earth. 1912. Design sketch for the ballet by I.Stravinsky "The Sacred Spring", Act 1. Libretto by N.Roerikh and I.Stravinsky.
Tempera.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
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King Gialmar's Room. 1913. Set decor for the drama by M.Meterlink "Princess Malen". Free Theatre, Moscow (stage was never executed).
Tempera and gouache on cardboard, 76x52 cm.
The I.Brodsky Museum, St.Petersburg.
In the Monastery. 1914. Set design for the "Sister Beatrice" by M.Meterlinck. Musical Drama Theatre, Petrograd.
Tempera on cardboard, 75.5x86 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Monastery in Pskov. 1920. Set design for the opera "The Woman from Pskov" by A.Rimsky-Korsakov. Enterprise of S.Diagilev, theatre Chatelet, Paris.
Oil on canvas, 89.5x135 cm.
Private collection, London.
The Forest-Seat. 1920. Set design for the opera "The Snow Girl" by A.Rimsky-Korsakov. Enterprise of S.Diagilev, theatre Chatelet, Paris.
Oil on canvas, 89.5x135 cm.
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Biography:
Roerikh has studied at the Law Faculty of St. Petersburg University, at the Academy of Arts (1893-1898) under Kuindji, and at the studio of Cormone in Paris (1900).
From 1899 his works were displayed at exhibitions including Spring, World of Art, SRKh (Union of Russian Artists).
He was the president of the World of Art group from 1910.
The artist served as Director of the Drawing School of OPKh (Society for the Encouragement of the Arts).
He designed for the theatre and worked with Diagilev's "Ballets Russes" in Paris and London (1908-1914).
In 1918 Roerikh has left the Soviet Union. He lived in USA (1920-1922), and in India (since 1923).
He held exhibitions abroad, as well as one-man shows in Moscow (1958, 2001).