The painting “Blue Mountains” conveys the incomparable mountain landscape of the Himalayas. Eternal snows sparkle on the tops, the hollows are covered with a light haze, the ridge is marked by a wavy line, beyond which the mountains rise again. We do not see them, but we feel their vastness. They do not suppress, on the contrary, as it is easy and good here, you feel yourself as a particle of the universe…
“Mountains, mountains! What magnetism is hidden in you! What a symbol of peace lies in each sparkling peak. The most courageous legends are born near the mountains. The most humane words emanate on snowy heights,” the artist wrote.
The second half of N. Roerich’s life was closely associated with the Himalayas. He writes them at different times of the year, at different times of the day. “Where else can you get such joy as the Sun rising over the Himalayas, when the blue is more intense than the sapphires, when the glaciers from far, far away sparkle like incomparable precious stones,” the artist wrote in his travel diaries.
The paintings of the Himalayas series Nicholas Roerich created for many years, including in the field conditions of the Central Asian expedition, which dictated their small format and tempera technique. They are a kind of picturesque travel diary pages, where the real Himalayan landscapes are filled with the spiritual experience of the artist.
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