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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

SHRIKHAND MAHADEV PEAK PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH




NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947) 
Shrikhand Mahadev peak (5,227 m - 17,149 ft) 
India  (Himachal Pradesh)

 In Kuluta, India., 1931. Tempera on canvas (30.7 x 48,5 cm.) The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow


The mountain 
Shrikhand Mahadev (5,227 m - 17,149 ft)  is one of the abodes of Lord Shiva and is considered as a pilgrimage place for Hindus. Shrikhand Mahadev is located in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, India. Every Year the Shrikhand
A 75 feet Shivalingam  is situated at the top of the Sacred Mountain. Every year the route to the top of the Mountain opens for 15–20 days  (in  July) due to the critical conditions of weather and the accessibility of the Mountain top.
Legend has it that there was a demon named Bhasmasur and he preached to please Lord Shiva through hard penance. Lord Shiva was pleased and accorded him with the power called Bhasma Kangan which allowed him to turn every living being into ashes he would touch their head.
Bhasmasur, soaked in his pride after gaining the powers wanted to turn Lord Shiva into ash and tried to touch him. Lord Shiva had to get help from Lord Vishnu and vanished into the caves on the top of the Mountain which is now called Shrikhand Mountain.
Lord Vishnu then transformed himself into a female enchanter named Mohini and then tricked Bhasmasur into touching his own head which turned him into ash
The trek starts from the Jaon Village in the Nirmand region of Kullu District. The trek could take up to 3–4 days to complete depending on the weather conditions. To reach the Shrikhand Peak Summit one needs to start early from the last camp and be back at the same camp by the evening. It is believed that the pilgrims first need to pay their respects at the Holy lake called Nain Sarovar before they head towards the Shrikhand Peak. It is considered one of the toughest treks in the Kullu District.

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.
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he lived in various places around the world until his death in Naggar, Himachal Pradesh, India. Trained as an artist and a lawyer, his main interests were literature, philosophy, archaeology, and especially art. After the February Revolution of 1917 and the end of the czarist regime, Roerich, a political moderate who valued Russia's cultural heritage more than ideology and party politics, had an active part in artistic politics. With Maxim Gorky and Aleksandr Benois, he participated with the so-called "Gorky Commission" and its successor organization, the Arts Union (SDI).
After the October Revolution and the acquisition of power of Lenin's Bolshevik Party, Roerich became increasingly discouraged about Russia's political future. During early 1918, he, Helena, and their two sons George and Sviatoslav emigrated to Finland. After some months in Finland and Scandinavia, the Roerichs relocated to London, arriving in mid-1919. Later, a successful exhibition resulted in an invitation from a director at the Art Institute of Chicago, offering to arrange for Roerich's art to tour the United States. During the autumn of 1920, the Roerichs traveled to America by sea.  The Roerichs remained in the United States from October 1920 until May 1923.
After leaving New York, the Roerichs – together with their son George and six friends – began the five-year-long 'Roerich Asian Expedition' that, in Roerich's own words: "started from Sikkim through Punjab, Kashmir, Ladakh, the Karakoram Mountains, Khotan, Kashgar, Qara Shar, Urumchi, Irtysh, the Altai Mountains, the Oyrot region of Mongolia, the Central Gobi, Kansu, Tsaidam, and Tibet" with a detour through Siberia to Moscow in 1926.
In 1929 Nicholas Roerich was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the University of Paris. He received two more nominations in 1932 and 1935. His concern for peace resulted in his creation of the Pax Cultura, the "Red Cross" of art and culture. His work for this cause also resulted in the United States and the twenty other nations of the Pan-American Union signing the Roerich Pact on April 15, 1935 at the White House. The Roerich Pact is an early international instrument protecting cultural property.
In 1934–1935, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (then headed by Roerich admirer Henry A. Wallace) sponsored an expedition by Roerich and USDA scientists H. G. MacMillan and James F. Stephens to Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, and China.
Roerich was in India during the Second World War, where he painted Russian epic heroic and saintly themes, including: Alexander Nevsky, The Fight of Mstislav...
In 1942, Roerich received Jawaharlal Nehru at his house in Kullu. Together they discussed the fate of the new world: "We spoke about Indian-Russian cultural association, it is time to think about useful and creative cooperation ...”.
Gandhi would later recall about several days spent together with Roerich's family: "That was a memorable visit to a surprising and gifted family where each member was a remarkable figure in himself, with a well-defined range of interests." ..."Roerich himself stays in my memory. He was a man with extensive knowledge and enormous experience, a man with a big heart, deeply influenced by all that he observed". During the visit, "ideas and thoughts about closer cooperation between India and USSR were expressed. Now, after India wins independence, they have got its own real implementation[clarification needed]. And as you know, there are friendly and mutually-understanding relationships today between both our countries".
In 1942, the American-Russian cultural Association (ARCA) was created in New York.
Its active participants were Ernest Hemingway, Rockwell Kent, Charlie Chaplin, Emil Cooper, Serge Koussevitzky, and Valeriy Ivanovich Tereshchenko. The Association's activity was welcomed by scientists like Robert Millikan and Arthur Compton.
Roerich died on December 13, 1947.

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2018 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau



Thursday, August 15, 2019

CHOMOLUNGA / MOUNT EVEREST PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH


NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Mount Everest / Chomolunga  (8,848 m - 29,029ft)
China-Nepal border 

In Sacred Himalayas, oil on canvas, 1934

The mountain 
Mount Everest (8,848 m - 29,029ft), also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal and Tibet. The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and Nepal runs across Everest's precise summit point. Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse (8,516 m -27,940 ft); Nuptse (7,855 m -25,771 ft) and Changtse (7,580 m -24,870 ft).
In 1856, the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at (8,840 m -29,002 ft). The current official height of (8,848 m -29,029 ft) as recognised by China and Nepal was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975. In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. As there appeared to be several different local names, Waugh chose to name the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest, despite George Everest's objections.
Mount Everest attracts many climbers, some of them highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes: one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the standard route) and the other from the north in Tibet. While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, wind as well as significant objective hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall. As of 2016, there are well over 200 corpses still on the mountain, with some of them even serving as landmarks.
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953 using the southeast ridge route. Tenzing had reached 8,595 m - 28,199 ft) the previous year as a member of the 1952 Swiss expedition. The Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo and Qu Yinhua made the first reported ascent of the peak from the North Ridge on 25 May 1960.
Mount Everest is one of the Seven Summits, which includes the highest mountains of each of the seven  continents. Summiting all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass. 
The 7 summits (which are obviously 8 including the one above !)... are :  
Mount Everest (8,848 m), Aconcagua (6,961m), Mt Denali or Mc Kinley (6,194 m), Kilimandjaro (5,895 m), Mt Elbrus (5,642 m), Vinson  Massif (4,892 m), Mt Blanc (4,807 m) and Mount Kosciuszko  (2,228 m) in Australia.

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.
After the October Revolution and the acquisition of power of Lenin's Bolshevik Party, Roerich became increasingly discouraged about Russia's political future. During early 1918, he, Helena, and their two sons George and Sviatoslav emigrated to Finland. After some months in Finland and Scandinavia, the Roerichs relocated to London, arriving in mid-1919. Later, a successful exhibition resulted in an invitation from a director at the Art Institute of Chicago, offering to arrange for Roerich's art to tour the United States. During the autumn of 1920, the Roerichs traveled to America by sea.  The Roerichs remained in the United States from October 1920 until May 1923.
In 1929 Nicholas Roerich was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the University of Paris. He received two more nominations in 1932 and 1935. His concern for peace resulted in his creation of the Pax Cultura, the "Red Cross" of art and culture. His work for this cause also resulted in the United States and the twenty other nations of the Pan-American Union signing the Roerich Pact on April 15, 1935 at the White House. The Roerich Pact is an early international instrument protecting cultural property.
In 1934–1935, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (then headed by Roerich admirer Henry A. Wallace) sponsored an expedition by Roerich and USDA scientists H. G. MacMillan and James F. Stephens to Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, and China.
Roerich was in India during the Second World War, where he painted Russian epic heroic and saintly themes, including: Alexander Nevsky, The Fight of Mstislav...
In 1942, Roerich received Jawaharlal Nehru at his house in Kullu. Together they discussed the fate of the new world: "We spoke about Indian-Russian cultural association, it is time to think about useful and creative cooperation ...”.
Gandhi would later recall about several days spent together with Roerich's family: "That was a memorable visit to a surprising and gifted family where each member was a remarkable figure in himself, with a well-defined range of interests." ..."Roerich himself stays in my memory. He was a man with extensive knowledge and enormous experience, a man with a big heart, deeply influenced by all that he observed". During the visit, "ideas and thoughts about closer cooperation between India and USSR were expressed. Now, after India wins independence, they have got its own real implementation[clarification needed]. And as you know, there are friendly and mutually-understanding relationships today between both our countries".

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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

MOUNT EVEREST / CHOMOLUNGA AND THE HIMALAYAS BY NICHOLAS ROERICH

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NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Mount Everest / Chomolunga  (8,848 m - 29,029ft)
China-Nepal border 

In  Kuluta. 1937. Tempera on canvas.  
The Museum of Latvian and Russian Art of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. 

The mountain 
Mount Everest (8,848 m - 29,029ft), also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal and Tibet. The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and Nepal runs across Everest's precise summit point. Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse (8,516 m -27,940 ft); Nuptse (7,855 m -25,771 ft) and Changtse (7,580 m -24,870 ft).
In 1856, the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at (8,840 m -29,002 ft). The current official height of (8,848 m -29,029 ft) as recognised by China and Nepal was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975. In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. As there appeared to be several different local names, Waugh chose to name the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest, despite George Everest's objections.
Mount Everest attracts many climbers, some of them highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes: one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the standard route) and the other from the north in Tibet. While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, wind as well as significant objective hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall. As of 2016, there are well over 200 corpses still on the mountain, with some of them even serving as landmarks.
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953 using the southeast ridge route. Tenzing had reached 8,595 m - 28,199 ft) the previous year as a member of the 1952 Swiss expedition. The Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo and Qu Yinhua made the first reported ascent of the peak from the North Ridge on 25 May 1960.
Mount Everest is one of the Seven Summits, which includes the highest mountains of each of the seven  continents. Summiting all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass. 
The 7 summits (which are obviously 8 !)... are :  
Mount Everest (8,848 m), Aconcagua (6,961m), Mt Denali or Mc Kinley (6,194 m), Kilimandjaro (5,895 m), Mt Elbrus (5,642 m), Vinson  Massif (4,892 m), Mt Blanc (4,807 m) and Mount Kosciuszko  (2,228 m) in Australia.

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.
After the October Revolution and the acquisition of power of Lenin's Bolshevik Party, Roerich became increasingly discouraged about Russia's political future. During early 1918, he, Helena, and their two sons George and Sviatoslav emigrated to Finland. After some months in Finland and Scandinavia, the Roerichs relocated to London, arriving in mid-1919. Later, a successful exhibition resulted in an invitation from a director at the Art Institute of Chicago, offering to arrange for Roerich's art to tour the United States. During the autumn of 1920, the Roerichs traveled to America by sea.  The Roerichs remained in the United States from October 1920 until May 1923.
In 1929 Nicholas Roerich was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the University of Paris. He received two more nominations in 1932 and 1935. His concern for peace resulted in his creation of the Pax Cultura, the "Red Cross" of art and culture. His work for this cause also resulted in the United States and the twenty other nations of the Pan-American Union signing the Roerich Pact on April 15, 1935 at the White House. The Roerich Pact is an early international instrument protecting cultural property.
In 1934–1935, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (then headed by Roerich admirer Henry A. Wallace) sponsored an expedition by Roerich and USDA scientists H. G. MacMillan and James F. Stephens to Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, and China.
Roerich was in India during the Second World War, where he painted Russian epic heroic and saintly themes, including: Alexander Nevsky, The Fight of Mstislav...
In 1942, Roerich received Jawaharlal Nehru at his house in Kullu. Together they discussed the fate of the new world: "We spoke about Indian-Russian cultural association, it is time to think about useful and creative cooperation ...”.
Gandhi would later recall about several days spent together with Roerich's family: "That was a memorable visit to a surprising and gifted family where each member was a remarkable figure in himself, with a well-defined range of interests." ..."Roerich himself stays in my memory. He was a man with extensive knowledge and enormous experience, a man with a big heart, deeply influenced by all that he observed". During the visit, "ideas and thoughts about closer cooperation between India and USSR were expressed. Now, after India wins independence, they have got its own real implementation[clarification needed]. And as you know, there are friendly and mutually-understanding relationships today between both our countries".

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2018 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau 

Friday, April 14, 2023

LE FUJIYAMA / 富士山 PEINT PAR NICHOLAS ROERICH

NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874 - 1947) Fujiyama / 富士山 (3, 776 m -12,389 ft)   Japon  In  Fujiyama, 1935  tempera. sur cartoN,  30.8 x 46.1cm, Galerie Tretiakov, Moscou.

NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874 - 1947)
Fujiyama / 富士山 (3, 776 m -12,389 ft)
Japon

In  Fujiyama, 1935  tempera. sur cartoN,  30.8 x 46.1cm, Galerie Tretiakov, Moscou.

 

La montagne
Le mont Fuji (3 776,24 m -12 389 pieds) ou Fujiyama (富士山) est situé sur l'île de Honshu. Il est le plus haut sommet montagneux du Japon. Plusieurs noms lui sont attribués : "Fuji-san", "Fujiyama" ou, de manière redondante, "Mt . Fujiyama". Habituellement, les locuteurs japonais appellent la montagne "Fuji-san". Les autres noms japonais du mont Fuji sont devenus obsolètes ou poétiques comme : Fuji-no-Yama (La montagne de Fuji), Fuji- no-Takane ( Le haut sommet du Fuji), Fuyō-hō (Le pic du Lotus) et Fugaku). Le mont Fuji est un stratovolcan actif dont la dernière éruption remonte à 1707-08. Le mont Fuji se trouve à environ 100 kilomètres (60 mi) au sud-ouest de Tokyo et peut être vu de là par temps clair.
Le cône exceptionnellement symétrique du mont Fuji, recouvert de neige plusieurs mois par an, est un symbole bien connu du Japon et il est fréquemment représenté dans l'art et les photographies, ainsi que visité par les touristes et les alpinistes.
Le mont Fuji est l'une des trois montagnes sacrées du Japon avec le mont Tate et le mont Haku. C'est aussi un endroit spécial de beauté scénique et l'un des sites historiques du Japon.
Il a été ajouté à la Liste du patrimoine mondial en tant que site culturel le 22 juin 2013. Selon l'UNESCO, le mont Fuji a "inspiré des artistes et des poètes et fait l'objet de pèlerinages depuis des siècles". L'UNESCO reconnaît 25 sites d'intérêt culturel dans la localité du mont Fuji. Ces 25 sites comprennent la montagne elle-même, le sanctuaire Fujisan Hongū Sengen et six autres sanctuaires Sengen, deux maisons d'hébergement, le lac Yamanaka, le lac Kawaguchi, les huit sources chaudes d'Oshino Hakkai, deux moules d'arbres de lave, les vestiges du culte Fuji-kō dans le la grotte Hitoana, les chutes Shiraito et la pinède Miho no Matsubara ; tandis que sur les basses Alpes du mont Fuji se trouve le complexe du temple Taisekiji, où se trouve le siège central du bouddhisme Nichiren Shoshu.


Le peintre
Né en Russie, Nicolas Roerich voyage autour du monde jusqu'à sa mort à Naggar dans la vallée de Koulou de l'Himachal Pradesh en Inde. Après des études de droit, il s'intéresse à la littérature, à la philosophie, à l'archéologie et tout spécialement à l'art. Il se forme à Paris auprès de Fernand Cormon, où il rencontre de nombreux artistes, français, russes ou étrangers. Il participe également au début de l'aventure des Ballets russes. Il créa les costumes et les décors pour le Sacre du printemps de Stravinsky. En 1906, Nicolas Roerich, réalise deux mosaïques pour l’Église de l'Intercession de la Mère de Dieu , à Parkhomovka pour la famille Goloubev. Il apprécie les expositions préparées par Viktor Goloubev au Musée Cernuschi à Paris, en 1912 et 1913. Il se rend pour la première fois New York en 1920 où sa femme et lui s'établissent après avoir fondé le Master Institute of the United Arts. Ils rejoignent alors différentes sociétés théosophiques et cercles rosicruciens, tels que l'AMORC, et leurs activités dans ces groupes dominent leurs vies.
Après avoir quitté New York, les Roerich - avec leur fils Georges et six amis - partent pour une expédition de cinq ans en Asie. Pour reprendre les termes mêmes de Roerich, « partant du Sikkim, l'expédition est passée par le Pendjab, le Cachemire, le Ladakh, les Montagnes de Karakoram, Khotan, Kashgar, Qara Shar, Urumchi, Irtysh, les Montagnes de l'Altaï, la région d'Oryot de Mongolie, le Gobi central, Kansu, Tsaidam, et le Tibet » avec un détour à travers la Sibérie jusqu'à Moscou en 19263. Entre l'été 1927 et juin 1928, l'expédition semble perdue, car tout contact a cessé depuis un an. Ils ont été attaqués au Tibet et seule « la supériorité de [leurs] armes à feu a empêché l'effusion de sang.... Malgré [leurs] passeports mentionnant le Tibet, l'expédition a été arrêtée de force par les autorités tibétaines ». L'expédition est retenue par le gouvernement pendant cinq mois et ses membres sont forcés d'habiter dans des tentes à des températures en dessous de zéro et de subsister avec de maigres rations. Cinq hommes de l'expédition meurent à ce moment-là. Au mois de mars de 1928, ils sont autorisés à partir du Tibet et continuent vers le sud pour s'établir en Inde, où ils fondent un centre de recherche archéologique, l'Institut de recherche himalayen (The Himalayan Research Institute).
En 1929, Nicolas Roerich est nominé pour le Prix Nobel de la paix par l'Université de Paris (il recevra une seconde nomination en 1935). Son intérêt pour la paix l'amène à la création de la Pax Cultura, la « Croix-Rouge » de l'art et de la culture. Son œuvre dans ce domaine amène les États-Unis et les vingt autres membres de l'Union pan-américaine à signer le Pacte Roerich, le 15 avril 1935. Le Pacte Roerich est un instrument international présenté comme protégeant la propriété culturelle.
De nos jours, le musée Nicolas Roerich (Nicholas Roerich Museum) de New York est le centre artistique des œuvres de Roerich. De nombreuses sociétés Roerich, comme celle de Samara, continuent de promouvoir ses enseignements théosophiques à travers le monde. Sa peinture peut être vue dans différents musées, dont une collection de ses œuvres à la galerie Tretiakov de Moscou.

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

JABAL AN-NOUR PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH

 

NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947) Jabal an-Nour (640m -2,100ft) Saudi Arabia  In Mohammed on Mount Hira. 1925.Tempera on canvas. 73.6 x 117 cm, Roerich Museum, NYC

NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Jabal an-Nour (640m -2,100ft)
Saudi Arabia

In Mohammed on Mount Hira. 1925.Tempera on canvas. 73.6 x 117 cm, Roerich Museum, NYC


The mountain
Jabal an-Nour ( 640 m -2,100 ft) meaning Mountain of the Light or Hill of the Illumination, is a mountain near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. The mountain houses the grotto or cave of Hira' which holds sacred significance for Muslims throughout the world, as the Islamic prophet Muhammad is said to have spent time in this cave meditating, and it is widely believed that it was here that he received his first revelation, which consisted of the first five ayats of Surah Al-Alaq from the angel Jibra'il (as is pronounced in certain Quran recitation schools and some Arab tribes; also known as Gabriel.  It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Makkah. Nonetheless one to two hours are needed to make the strenuous hike to the cave. There are 1750 steps to the top which, even for a fit individual, can take anywhere between half an hour and one-and-a-half hours. One physical feature that differentiates Jabal al-Nour from other mountains and hills is its unusual summit, which makes it look as if two mountains are on top of each other. The top of this mountain in the mountainous desert is one of the loneliest of places. However, the cave within, which faces the direction of the Kaaba, is even more isolated. While standing in the courtyard back then, people could only look over the surrounding rocks. Nowadays, people can see the surrounding rocks as well as buildings that are hundreds of meters below and hundreds of meters to many kilometers away. Hira is both without water or vegetation other than a few thorns. Hira is higher than Thabīr and is crowned by a steep and slippery peak, which Muhammad with some companions once climbed. Taking 1750 walking steps to reach, the cave itself is about 3.7 m (12 ft) in length and 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) in width. The cave is situated at a height of 270 m (890 ft).  During the season of Ḥajj ('Pilgrimage'), an estimated five thousand visitors climb to the cave daily to see the place where Muhammad is believed to have received the first revelation of the Quran on the Night of Power by the angel Jibreel. 

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. In

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2021 - Wandering Vertexes / Mountain paintings
By Francis Rousseau

Monday, January 4, 2021

NANGA PARBAT PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH



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NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947),
Nanga Parbat (8,126 m - 26,660 ft)
Pakistan

 In Nanga Parbat, oil on canvas, 1940, Nicolas Roerich  Museum, NYC



The mountain
Nanga Parbat (8,126 metres (26,660 ft) locally known as Diamer, is the ninth highest mountain in the world . Located in the Diamer District of Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan, Nanga Parbat is the western anchor of the Himalayas. ] The name Nanga Parbat is derived from the Sanskrit words nagna and parvata which together mean "Naked Mountain".  The mountain is locally known by its Tibetan name Diamer or Deo Mir, meaning "huge mountain".
Nanga Parbat is one of the 14 eight-thousanders. An immense, dramatic peak rising far above its surrounding terrain, Nanga Parbat is known to be a difficult climb.   Nanga Parbat is one of only two peaks on Earth that rank in the top twenty of both the highest mountains in the world, and the most prominent peaks in the world, ranking ninth and fourteenth respectively. The other is Mount Everest, which is first on both lists.  Nanga Parbat along with Namcha Barwa on the Tibetan Plateau mark the west and east ends of the Himalayas.

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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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

MOUNT ELBRUS PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH



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.


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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by Francis Rousseau

Monday, September 30, 2019

K2 PEAK PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH





NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
The K2 peak (8,611m - 28,251 ft) 
China - Pakistan border

In Himalayas. Rain, 1933, tempera. Nicholas Roerich Museum, NYC


The mountain 

K2 peak (8,611m - 28,251 ft)  also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest. It is located on the China-Pakistan border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China.
The name K2 is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India. Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Haramukh, some 210 km (130 miles) to the south, and sketched the two most prominent peaks, labeling them K1 and K2.
The policy of the Great Trigonometric Survey was to use local names for mountains wherever possible and K1 was found to be known locally as Masherbrum. K2, however, appeared not to have acquired a local name, possibly due to its remoteness. The mountain is not visible from Askole, the last village to the south, or from the nearest habitation to the north, and is only fleetingly glimpsed from the end of the Baltoro Glacier, beyond which few local people would have ventured. The name Chogori, derived from two Balti words, chhogo ("big") and ri ("mountain") has been suggested as a local name, but evidence for its widespread use is scant. It may have been a compound name invented by Western explorers or simply a bemused reply to the question "What's that called?" It does, however, form the basis for the name Qogir (simplified Chinese: 乔戈里峰; traditional Chinese: 喬戈里峰; pinyin: Qiбogēlǐ Fēng) by which Chinese authorities officially refer to the peak. Other local names have been suggested including Lamba Pahar ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu) and Dapsang, but are not widely used.

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 


Monday, February 25, 2019

MUZTAGH TOWER BY NICHOLAS ROERICH



NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947),
Muztagh Tower (7,276m - 23, 871ft) 
Pakistan - China border

In   Himalayas 1938, oil on canavs,  Nicolas Roerich  Museum, New York City


The mountain 
Muztagh Tower (7,276m - 23, 871ft), is a mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh, part of the Karakoram range in Baltistan on the border of the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. It stands between the basins of the Baltoro and Sarpo Laggo glaciers.
The Vittorio Sella's photographs of the Muztagh Tower in 1909  during the Italian Expediiton of the Duke of Abruzzi to K2,  inspired the first ascent.
Nearly fifty years after Sella's photo was taken, in 1956, his photograph inspired two expeditions to race for the first ascent. Both teams found their routes less steep than Sella's view had suggested. The British expedition, consisting of John Hartog, Joe Brown, Tom Patey and Ian McNaught-Davis, came from the Chagaran Glacier on the west side of the peak and reached the summit via the Northwest Ridge first on July 6, five days before the French team (Guido Magnone, Robert Paragot, André Contamine, Paul Keller) climbed the mountain from the east. The doctor François Florence waited for the two parties at the camp IV during 42 hours without a radio, when they went, reached the summit and came back to this camp.
Notable ascents and attempts:
- 1984: Northwest Ridge 2nd of route, 3rd of peak by Mal Duff, Tony Brindle, Jon Tinker and Sandy Allan (all UK).
- 1990: The fourth ascent was made by Gцran Kropp and Rafael Jensen.
- 2008: On 24 August 2008, the Northeast Face was climbed by two Slovenian alpinists, Pavle Kozjek and Dejan Miskovič. They bivouacked on the crest after 17 hours of climbing. They decided not to go to the summit because of strong wind. Just after they started descending, Kozjek fell to his death.
- 2012: On the day of 25 August, 56 years after the day when the first man climbed to the top of this mountain, three Russian alpinists made an ascent by the center Northeast Face. Sergei Nilov, Golovchenko Dmitry and Alexander Lange reached the top and made a new route. The ascent lasted for 17 days.



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.
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he lived in various places around the world until his death in Naggar, Himachal Pradesh, India. Trained as an artist and a lawyer, his main interests were literature, philosophy, archaeology, and especially art. After the February Revolution of 1917 and the end of the czarist regime, Roerich, a political moderate who valued Russia's cultural heritage more than ideology and party politics, had an active part in artistic politics. With Maxim Gorky and Aleksandr Benois, he participated with the so-called "Gorky Commission" and its successor organization, the Arts Union (SDI).
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Thursday, November 9, 2017

KARAKORAM RANGE PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH

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NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947),
Karakoram at K2 (8,611m - 28,251ft) 
Pakistan - India - China- Afghanistan- Tajikistan 

 In Karakoram from Pakistan, 1925-26, Nicolas Roerich  Museum NY

The mountain range 
The Karakoram is home to the four most closely located peaks over 8000m in height on earth: K2 (8,611 m  -28,251 ft), the second highest peak in the world, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II. The Karakoram, or Karakorum is a large mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and China, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It is located in the regions of Gilgit–Baltistan (Pakistan), Ladakh (India), and southern Xinjiang (China), and reaches the Wakhan Corridor (Afghanistan). A part of the complex of ranges from the Hindu Kush to the Himalayan Range, it is one of the Greater Ranges of Asia.
The range is about 500 km (311 mi) in length, and is the most heavily glaciated part of the world outside the polar regions. The Siachen Glacier at 76 kilometres (47 mi) and the Biafo Glacier at 63 kilometres (39 mi) rank as the world's second and third longest glaciers outside the polar regions.
The Karakoram is bounded on the northeast by the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, and on the north by the Pamir Mountains. The southern boundary of the Karakoram is formed, west to east, by the Gilgit, Indus, and Shyok Rivers, which separate the range from the northwestern end of the Himalaya range proper as these rivers converge southwestward towards the plains of Pakistan.
The Tashkurghan National Nature Reserve and the Pamir Wetlands National Nature Reserve in the Karalorun and Pamir mountains have been nominated for inclusion in UNESCO in 2010 by the National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO and has tentatively been added to the list.

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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2017 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau 

Sunday, July 26, 2020

BLAKCHEAD / MONHEGAN PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH

 

NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Blackhead (50 m-150 ft) 
United States of America (Maine)

In Monhegan, Maine From Ocean series,  1922, Roerich Museum NYC


The rock
Blackhead (50m-150 ft) are northside cliffs situated on Monhegan, Manana Island, that have drawn the interest of many artists. The beginnings of the art colony on Monhegan date to the mid-19th century; by 1890, it was firmly established. Two of the early artists in residence from the 1890s, William Henry Singer (1868–1943) and Martin Borgord (1869–1935), left Monhegan to study at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1901. Among many early members who found inspiration on the island were summer visitors from the New York School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, such as Robert Henri, Frederick Waugh, George Bellows, Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent. The Monhegan Museum celebrated more the continuing draw of the island for artists in a 2014 exhibit entitled, “The Famous and the Forgotten: Revisiting Monhegan’s Celebrated 1914 Art Exhibition."
Monhegan is a plantation in Lincoln County, Maine, United States, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the mainland. The population was 75 at the 2000 census. The plantation comprises its namesake island and the uninhabited neighboring island of Manana. The island is accessible by scheduled boat service from Boothbay Harbor, New Harbor and Port Clyde. It was designated a National Natural Landmark for its coastal and island flora in 1966.

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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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

BAZGO GOMPA BY NICHOLAS ROERICH



NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Basgo or Bazgo Gompa (3,292 m - 10 800 ft))
India

In Himalayas (Bazgo. Ladakh), oil on canvas, 1940

The site
Basgo or Bazgo Gompa (3,292 m - 10 800 ft  refers to a Buddhist monastery located in the city of Basgo or Bazgo, 40 km east of Leh, the capital of Ladakh, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. The monastery is strategically located at the top of a hill at 3,292 m above sea level. It overlooks the remains of the ancient city.
It was built by the rulers of Namgyal in 1680. The sovereign Delegs Namgyal (1675-1705) having undertaken an expansion of the territory and the dissemination of his lineage, intended to protect his country Mongolian armies of Tibet.
Bazgo is deeply rooted in the origins of Ladakh.
It was once an important cultural and political center, which is frequently mentioned in the Ladakhi Chronicles. The monastery is also famous for the Buddha statue which stands in a precarious position on the cliffs 300 meters above the village.
Since 1993, the Basgo Welfare Committee has made great efforts to save the three sanctuaries of Chamchung, Chamba Lakhang and Serzang temples dedicated to the Maitreya Buddhas, which are kept in spectacular enclosures. Maitreya is a Mahābodhisattva who would be the next Buddha to come when the Dharma, the teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha, will have disappeared.
Since UNESCO has listed Basgo among the top 100 most endangered sites in the world in 2001, the Basgo Welfare Committee has taken steps to safeguard the monument by housing it in a richly decorated structure. The complex also includes murals.

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.
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he lived in various places around the world until his death in Naggar, Himachal Pradesh, India. Trained as an artist and a lawyer, his main interests were literature, philosophy, archaeology, and especially art. After the February Revolution of 1917 and the end of the czarist regime, Roerich, a political moderate who valued Russia's cultural heritage more than ideology and party politics, had an active part in artistic politics. With Maxim Gorky and Aleksandr Benois, he participated with the so-called "Gorky Commission" and its successor organization, the Arts Union (SDI).
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

CHOMOLUNGA / MOUNT EVEREST BY NICHOLAS ROERICH


NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947),
Mount Everest or Sagarmatha or Chomolunga (8,848 m - 29,029ft) 
China (Tibet) / Nepal 

In Everest or Chomolunga oil on canvas, 1936 Nicolas Roerich Museum NY

The mountain
Mount Everest (8,848 m - 29,029ft), also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal and Tibet. The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and Nepal runs across Everest's precise summit point. Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse (8,516 m -27,940 ft); Nuptse (7,855 m -25,771 ft) and Changtse (7,580 m -24,870 ft).
Mount Everest is one of the Seven Summit, which includes the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Summiting all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass.
The 7 summits (which are obviously 8 !)... are :
Mount Everest (8,848 m), Aconcagua (6,961m), Mt Denali or Mc Kinley (6,194 m), Kilimandjaro (5,895 m), Mt Elbrus (5,642 m), Vinson Massif (4,892 m), Mt Blanc (4,807 m) and Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m) in Australia.

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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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Sunday, February 4, 2024

EVEREST/ CHOMOLUNGMA / SAGARMATHA  PEINT PAR  NICHOLAS ROERICH

NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947) Mont Everest / Sagarmatha /Chomolungma (8,848 m - 29,029ft)    Frontière Népal - Chine  In "Remember” from " Country series-Hymalaya", 1924, huile sur toile, Roerich Museum, NewYork

 
NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Mont Everest / Sagarmatha /Chomolungma (8,848 m - 29,029ft) 
  Frontière Népal - Chine

In "Remember” from " Country series-Hymalaya", 1924, huile sur toile, Roerich Museum, NewYork

 

La montagne
L'Everest //Chomolungma/Sagarmāthā (8,848 m - 29,029ft), à droite dans ce tableau, est une montagne située dans la chaîne de l'Himalaya, à la frontière entre le Népal (province de Koshi) et la Chine (région autonome du Tibet).Il est aperçu par des Européens pour la première fois en 1847 puis, après quelques années d'observations et de calculs, il est identifié comme le plus haut sommet du monde. Son altitude est établie à 8 849 mètres. Cette caractéristique lui vaut d'être baptisé de son nom actuel par les Occidentaux en 1865 en l'honneur de George Everest, arpenteur général des Indes orientales de 1830 à 1843, et, dès les années 1920, de susciter l'intérêt des alpinistes qui se lancent à l'assaut de ses faces. Plusieurs expéditions, en particulier britanniques, se succèdent depuis le versant nord au Tibet. Toutefois, les conditions météorologiques extrêmes font leurs premières victimes, parmi lesquelles George Mallory et Andrew Irvine, en 1924, dont on ne saura probablement jamais avec certitude s'ils ont atteint le sommet. En 1950, le Népal autorise l'accès à la montagne depuis le sud offrant des possibilités d'ascension par l'arête Sud-Est, moins périlleuse. Finalement, trois ans plus tard, Edmund Hillary et Tensing Norgay deviennent les premiers hommes à atteindre le sommet de l'Everest. Dès lors, les exploits en tous genres s'enchaînent, alimentant les fantasmes populaires ; mais, en 1996, une série d'accidents mortels vient rappeler les dangers liés à la montagne, portant de nos jours à plus de 200 le nombre de victimes. Pourtant, le tourisme de masse se généralise, fragilisant ce milieu naturel malgré les créations du parc national de Sagarmatha en 1976 et de la réserve naturelle du Qomolangma en 1988. Ainsi, plus de 14 000 alpinistes ont tenté l'ascension depuis 1922 et plus de 4 000 l'ont réussie, bien aidés, pour la majorité d'entre eux, par les porteurs sherpas et l'utilisation de bouteilles d'oxygène.
La plupart des tentatives d'scension sont effectuées aux mois d'avril et mai avant la mousson d'été. À ce moment de l'année, un changement du courant-jet réduit les vitesses moyennes de vent en haute altitude. D'autres tentatives sont réalisées après la mousson aux mois de septembre et octobre mais la neige tombée pendant la mousson et des conditions météorologiques plus instables rendent l'ascension plus difficile.
Les pionniers laissent désormais la place à la génération du business lucratif. Des dizaines d'opérateurs proposent des expéditions jusqu'au sommet moyennant des sommes pouvant approcher les 50 000 à 70 000 dollars. Ces expéditions commerciales devenues la norme durent environ deux mois, transformant les camps de base en véritables villes éphémères. La démocratisation des technologies permettant une acclimatation à domicile, grâce notamment à des tentes hypoxiques, tend à réduire cette durée.
Point de passage obligé de l'itinéraire classique vers le sommet, le col Sud est devenu une véritable décharge. Peu respectueuses de l'environnement, contrairement  à ce que l'on pourrait penser, les expéditions y abandonnent matériel et déchets qui réapparaissent à la fonte des plaques de neige. Mandatée par le gouvernement népalais et l'UNESCO, une équipe dirigée par l'alpiniste Pierre Royer a entrepris un grand nettoyage au printemps 1993. Au mois de mai, l'expédition, avec une vingtaine de Sherpas, a redescendu huit tonnes de déchets (bouteilles d'oxygène, plastiques, verres, toiles, etc. Le gouvernement népalais essaye de lutter contre cette pollution : chaque expédition est désormais tenue de prouver qu'elle n'a pas abandonné son matériel, sous peine de perdre une caution de 4 000 dollars. En mars 2014, il annonce qu'à partir du mois suivant, tout alpiniste doit redescendre huit kilogrammes de déchets en plus de son propre matériel, sous peine de poursuites. Le tourisme de masse est  le danger qui guette désormais l'Everest surnommé, Le Toit du Monde.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

CHOGOLISA PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH

 

NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Chogolisa (7,668 m - 25,157 ft).
Pakistan

In  Himalaya, 1934.  Papier, tempera, crayon. 25,3 x 36,5  Nicholas Rœrich Museum 

The mountain
Chogolisa (7,668 m- 25,157 ft). also called Bride Peak is a mountain in the Karakoram region of Pakistan. It lies near the Baltoro Glacier in the Concordia region which is home to some of the highest peaks of the world. Chogolisa has several peaks, the highest on the SW face is Chogolisa I (7,668 m- 25,157 ft). The second highest at 7,654 metres on the NE side is Chogolisa II, once named Bride Peak by Martin Conway in 1892.
In 1909, a expedition led by Duke of the Abruzzi reached 7,498 m (24,600 ft) from a base camp located on the northern side and a high camp on the Chogolisa saddle at 6,335m (photo above). Bad weather stopped the team from ascending further, but their climb established a world altitude record.
Hermann Buhl and Kurt Diemberger attempted Chogolisa in 1957 after they had successfully summitted Broad Peak behind Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller a few weeks earlier. On June 25 they left camp I and camped in a saddle at 6,706m on the SE ridge. On June 27 a sudden snow storm forced them to retreat and on the descent, Buhl broke off a big cornice and fell into the mountain's near vertical north face. His body has never been found.
In 1958, a Japanese expedition from Kyoto University led by Takeo Kuwabara made the first ascent of Chogolisa II, placing M. Fujihira and K. Hirai on top.
The first ascent of Chogolisa I was made on August 2, 1975 by Fred Pressl and Gustav Ammerer of an Austrian expedition led by Eduard Koblmueller. Koblmueller almost suffered the same fate as Buhl, as he also fell through a cornice on the ascent; fortunately, he was roped and team members were able to pull him to safety.

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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Saturday, October 19, 2019

KANGCHENJUNGA AT NIGHT BY NICHOLAS ROERICH


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NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947), 
Kangchenjunga (8, 538m - 28,169 ft) 
India, Népal

 In  Himalayas at night, Sikkim, 1928-29, tempera on canvas, Private collection

The mountain 
 Kangchenjunga (8,586 m - 28,169 ft) is the  third highest mountain in the world. It  lies partly in Nepal and partly in Sikkim, India.  Kangchenjunga is the second highest mountain of the Himalayas after Mount Everest. Three of the five peaks – Main, Central and South – are on the border between North Sikkim and Nepal. Two peaks are in the Taplejung District, Nepal.
Kangchenjunga Main is the highest mountain in India, and the easternmost of the mountains higher than 8,000 m (26,000 ft).  
Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest., known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest.  
It is listed int the  Eight Thousanders and as Seven Third Summits
Kangchenjunga is the official spelling adopted by Douglas Freshfield, A. M. Kellas, and the Royal Geographical Society that gives the best indication of the Tibetan pronunciation. Freshfield referred to the spelling used by the Indian Government since the late 19th century. There are a number of alternative spellings including Kangchendzцnga, Khangchendzonga, and Kanchenjunga.  
Local Lhopo people believe that the treasures are hidden but reveal to the devout when the world is in peril; the treasures comprise salt, gold, turquoise and precious stones, sacred scriptures, invincible armor or ammunition, grain and medicine. Kangchenjunga's name in the Limbu language is Senjelungma or Seseylungma, and is believed to be an abode of the omnipotent goddess Yuma Sammang.
It rises in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak Chu and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. It lies about 128 km (80 mi) east of Mount Everest.
Allowing for further verification of all calculations, it was officially announced in 1856 that
Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band, who were part of a British expedition. They stopped short of the summit as per the promise given to the Chogyal that the top of the mountain would remain inviolate. Every climber or climbing group that has reached the summit has followed this tradition...

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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by Francis Rousseau 

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

MOUNT INDRASAN BY NICHOLAS ROERICH





NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947)
Mount Indrasan  (6,221m - 20,410 ft)
India - Pakistan border 

In Ladakh,  oil on canvas, 1929

The mountain
Mount Indrasan  (6221m - 20,410 ft) is located  in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh.  Mt. Indrasan is one of the difficult peaks in the Himalayas because of the challenges involved in scaling it. It is also believed that whenever Lord Indra arrives on earth he resides here. Indrasan (composed of two words: Indra and Aasana) i.e. the royal seat of the Lord Indra.  With Deo Tibba (6,001 m- 19,688 ft))  Indrasan is one of the  two important peaks at the eastern end of the Pir Panjal Range. They can be approached from both the Parvati-Beas Valley (Kulu District), Upper Belt of Chamba Himachal Pradesh and the Chandra (Upper Chenab) Valley (Lahaul and Spiti District) in Himachal Pradesh. The hill station of Gulmarg in Kashmir lies in this range.

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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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

KANGCHENJUNGA (3) PAINTED BY NICHOLAS ROERICH



 

NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947),
Kangchenjunga (8, 538m - 28,169 ft)
India, Népal

In Kangchenjunga mountains lakes 1931, tempera on canvas, Private collection

The mountain
Kangchenjunga (8,586 m - 28,169 ft) is the third highest mountain in the world. It lies partly in Nepal and partly in Sikkim, India. Kangchenjunga is the second highest mountain of the Himalayas after Mount Everest. Three of the five peaks – Main, Central and South – are on the border between North Sikkim and Nepal. Two peaks are in the Taplejung District, Nepal.
Kangchenjunga Main is the highest mountain in India, and the easternmost of the mountains higher than 8,000 m (26,000 ft).
Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest., known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest.
It is listed int the Eight Thousanders and as Seven Third Summits
Kangchenjunga is the official spelling adopted by Douglas Freshfield, A. M. Kellas, and the Royal Geographical Society that gives the best indication of the Tibetan pronunciation. Freshfield referred to the spelling used by the Indian Government since the late 19th century. There are a number of alternative spellings including Kangchendzцnga, Khangchendzonga, and Kanchenjunga.
Local Lhopo people believe that the treasures are hidden but reveal to the devout when the world is in peril; the treasures comprise salt, gold, turquoise and precious stones, sacred scriptures, invincible armor or ammunition, grain and medicine. Kangchenjunga's name in the Limbu language is Senjelungma or Seseylungma, and is believed to be an abode of the omnipotent goddess Yuma Sammang.
It rises in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak Chu and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. It lies about 128 km (80 mi) east of Mount Everest.
Allowing for further verification of all calculations, it was officially announced in 1856 that
Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band, who were part of a British expedition. They stopped short of the summit as per the promise given to the Chogyal that the top of the mountain would remain inviolate. Every climber or climbing group that has reached the summit has followed this tradition...

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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