NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Mount Elbrus (5,642 m - 18,510 ft)
Russia
In Mount Elbrus. Caucase. 1933 Papier, gouache, aquarelle, blanchie à la chaux. 25,3 x 36,4
Nicholas Rœrich Museum, New York City.
Nicholas Rœrich Museum, New York City.
The mountain
Mount Elbrus (Эльбру́с) also called Karachay-Balkar (Минги таy) is the highest mountain in Europe, and the seven highest summit in the world. The seven summit are : Mount Everest (8,848m), Aconcagua (6,961m), Mt Denali or Mc Kinley (6,194m), Kilimandjaro (5,895m), Vinson Massif (4,892m), Mt Blanc (4,807m) and Mount Kosciuszko (2,228m) in Australia.
Mount Elbrus (5,642 m - 18,510 ft) should not be confused with the Alborz (also called Elburz) mountains in Iran, which also derive their name from the legendary mountain Harā Bərəzaitī in Persian mythology....
The painter
Nicholas Roerich known also as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Никола́й Константи́нович Ре́рих) is quite an important figure of mountain paintings in the early 20th century. He was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, perceived by some in Russia as an enlightener, philosopher, and public figure. In his youth was he was quite influenced by a movement in Russian society around the occult and was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices. His paintings are said to have hypnotic expression....
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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau
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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
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