The painting “Pearls of Search” was written in 1924. The 20s of the twentieth century – a difficult historical period of search and approval of new meanings in life, art,

The painting “And we open the gates.” Here Nicholas Roerich addresses the topic of “spiritual openness”, which St. Sergius of Radonezh called for. We see a monk opening the arched

Many of the early works of Nicholas Roerich were devoted to the theme “Ancient Russia. Slavs”. In these paintings, the artist managed to lift the veil of time, moving the

Nicholas Roerich – the great artist of Russia, endowed with a special artistic vision and awareness of the world. Roerich’s picturesque canvases, like many of his literary and other creative

The painting “Moses Driver”. The Old Testament event – Moses receiving the stone tablets – happened on Mount Sinai when the glory of the Lord reached her. The plot is

The painting “Build Rooks”, written in 1903, is part of the series “Beginning of Russia. Slavs”. In these works, Roerich showed a new, formerly little known to him world of

For Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich, the Himalayas were not just the greatest mountain range, but these mountains reminded with their beauty and uncommonness the real treasury of big snow. In the

In golden brown saturated colors, he painted the painting “Build a City” – an anthem to work and creative creation. Fortifications, walls and towers were erected on a hill surrounded

The painting “Slavs on the Dnieper” from the series “Beginning of Russia. Slavs” was written in 1905. During this period, the artist worked intensively on paintings from ancient Russian history.

The picture “And we see” the most common name. There is one more thing – “And we shall see”, taken from the author’s list of N. Roerich’s paintings for 1917-1924.

In 1240, the Swedes marched on Rus to the Neva by sea, and the Germans marched to Pskov by land. Alexander, Prince of Novgorod, acted quickly and decisively: not allowing

The tense expectation of a miracle – the arrival of the era of Maitreya, growing from picture to picture, receives a pathetic-symbolic “resolution” in the seventh and final work of

In the Life of Alexander Nevsky described his dream on the eve of the battle of Alexander with the Swedes in 1240. On the Neva River in the boat, the

Ancient architects skillfully chose a place, erecting a building and a whole ensemble in harmony with nature. They subordinated the forms of construction to a single law – beauty: “And

The painting “The Star of the Morning” refers to the mature period of the work of Nicholas Roerich. The Star of the Morning was written in 1932 in a tempera

Another theatrical production, to which Roerich devoted much time, is the opera The Snow Maiden by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. She captivated him in his youth. The first production in Roerich’s

The painting “Himalaya Everest” depicts the highest point on Earth. The mountain has the original Tibetan name Chomolungma. Since 1856, on the Himalayan maps, this peak has a new name

In the work of Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich there is a great interest of the master in rare unique cultural communities, religious teachings, and islands of the spirit among the twentieth

The painting “Ancient Serpent” was the final in the list of works of the series “Banners of the East”. Two plot lines mysteriously converged in it – the dragon amid

Creativity Svetoslav Roerich, permeated with the ideas of humanism, serves as a spiritual bridge for rapprochement between different peoples of the world and their mutual understanding. “To be one of

In the Museum of Nicholas Roerich in New York is stored a wonderful painting “Wanderer of the Light City”, written by the artist in the thirties of the twentieth century.