Nicholas K. Roerich
(1874–1947) rysk konstnär, författare, vetenskapsman
Nicholas K. Roerich (1874–1947) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a designer. By year of birth, Nicholas K. Roerich belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
Nicholas K. Roerich was born in Saint Petersburg and died in Kullu. Nicholas K. Roerich trained at Imperial St. Petersburg University and Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Nicholas K. Roerich studied under Arkhip Kuindzhi. Nicholas K. Roerich worked in Paris, India, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg. Nicholas K. Roerich became a member of Imperial Russian Archaeological Society, Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, and Kuindzhi Society of Artists. The awards include Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Order of Saint Stanislaus, and Order of Saint Anna. The students included Marc Chagall and Pavel Golubyatnikov.
The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting, allegory, and genre art. The catalogue has 38 works by Nicholas K. Roerich with free images. The dated works span the years 1874–1947. Works by Nicholas K. Roerich are held by several collections, among them Tretyakov Gallery, Nicholas Roerich Museum, Moscow, Ryska museet, and Tretjakovgalleriet. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Dominique Lang, Frederick Carl Frieseke, Henrika Šantel, Charles l’Éplattenier, and Francis Dodd.