Nikolai
Konstantinovich ROERIKH
1874-1947
Painter, graphic artist, theatre designer and writer
Messenger (And Kin Against Kin Has Risen). 1897.
Oil on canvas, 124.7x184.3. The Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow.
Construction of a Town. 1901.
Oil on canvas, 154.5x264.5. 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.
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, 67x89 cm. 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.
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 Cry of the Serpent. 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.
The Hills. 1915.
Tempera on cardboard, 53x80 cm. The
Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
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 kept the herds from harm, St.Ilya-prophet
reaps the rye).
Tempera on canvas, 130x175
cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
St.Panteleimon the Healer. 1916.
Tempera on canvas, 73x100.5 cm. 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.
The Patrol.
Tempera on canvas.
The 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.
The Mighty of
Caves. 1925.
Tempera on canvas, 73.5x100.8 cm. Nizhny
Novgorod Art Museum.
The Horse of
Happiness. 1925. (From series "Matreya")
Tempera on canvas, 73x100.5 cm. Nizhny
Novgorod Art Museum.
The Horse of
Happiness. 1925. (From series "Matreya")
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.
The Great Horseman. 1927.
Tempera on cardboard.
Keeper of the World. 1937.
Tempera on canvas, 47x79 cm. Private collection,
Moscow.
The Human Forefathers. 1940. (The
eastern legend claims that bears were the forefathers of humans.)
Tempera on canvas, 82x153.5 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
Campaign of the Prince Igor. 1941.
Tempera on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow.
Guardian of the Desert. 1941.
Tempera on canvas, 48x79 cm. Private collection,
Moscow.
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.
Gesser Khan. 1941.
Tempera on canvas, 62x126 cm. Private
collection, Moscow.
The Himalayas. 1941. (From
series "Himalayas")
Gouache on canvas, 38.5x123 cm. The
Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
The Himalayas. Everest. 1941. (From
series "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.
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.
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 "Per 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". 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 Theater, Moscow
(the 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.
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).