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RE: A RUSSIAN MODERN MYSTIC - NICHOLAS ROERICH
1/28/2011 9:14:43 PM

I had never seen this one before.

It is superb. It is very like gothic arches in a church.

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RE: A RUSSIAN MODERN MYSTIC - NICHOLAS ROERICH
1/28/2011 9:16:17 PM

Luis,

I love the sketch.

Original sketches take us so much nearer to the artist.

Roger

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RE: A RUSSIAN MODERN MYSTIC - NICHOLAS ROERICH
2/5/2011 5:13:52 PM
Two more paintings just for the pleasure of sharing them.


Drops of Life. From “Sikkim” series. 1924
Tempera on canvas. 74 x 117.5 cm
Капли жизни. Из серии «Сикким»



Compassion. 1936
Tempera on canvas. 61.5 x 92.5 cm
Latvian State Musuem of Art, Riga, Latvia


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RE: A RUSSIAN MODERN MYSTIC - NICHOLAS ROERICH
2/5/2011 11:15:26 PM

And what a pleasure to share.

This is an interesting painting. Take a look as to why it was painted.

Here's the link to follow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring

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RE: A RUSSIAN MODERN MYSTIC - NICHOLAS ROERICH
2/6/2011 12:42:00 AM
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And what a pleasure to share.

This is an interesting painting. Take a look as to why it was painted.

Here's the link to follow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring


Hello Roger,

Thanks for the input. Very interesting indeed, though the color doesn't quite look like the usual Roerich's more intense pallet. Can it be a pastel? I have tried to find another photo of this same version (of 1913, according to Wikimedia.org) to no avail. Instead, I found the version below, of 1944, which clearly represents the same idillic place.

So far I have almost not shown any of Nicholas Roerich's many scenery sketches, which of their own would take us to quite another world since he seems to have been quite a fan of the great ballet pieces of the Russian masters of his time. You may view many of the sketches here (you must additionally click on 'dècor/costumes'): http://www.roerich.org/collections.html

All this is most exciting.

Hugs,

Miguel


Décor for Stravinsky’s ballet “Le Sacre du Printemps”. 1944
For Massine’s productions
Tempera on cardboard. 30.5 x 45.5 cm
Эскиз декорации к балету И.Ф.Стравинского «Весна священная»

"Choose a job you love and you will not have to work a day in your life" (Confucius)

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