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Symbolist painters: Gustav Klimt, Edvard Munch, Gustave Moreau, Henri Fantin-Latour, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Odilon Redon, Nicholas Roerich, Alexan
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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 93. Chapters: Gustav Klimt, Edvard Munch, Gustave Moreau, Henri Fantin-Latour, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Odilon Redon, Nicholas Roerich, Alexandru Bogdan-Pitesti, Romaine Brooks, Mahirwan Mamtani, Fernand Khnopff, Erwin Puchinger, George Frederic Watts, Viktor Vasnetsov, Jean Delville, James Ensor, Mikhail Vrubel, Stefan Luchian, Elihu Vedder, Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar, Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, Ignat Bednarik, Arnold Böcklin, Victor Borisov-Musatov, Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry, Ivan Milev, Maurice Denis, Norma Bessouet, Fedir Krychevsky, Hugo Simberg, Franz Stuck, Giovanni Segantini, Eugène Carrière, Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, Jan Toorop, Max Klinger, Mikhail Nesterov, Max Kurzweil, Arkady Rylov, Cecile Walton, Fidus, Carlos Schwabe, Edmond Aman-Jean, Jan Frans De Boever, Louis Welden Hawkins, William Degouve de Nuncques, Alphonse Osbert, Edgar Maxence, Kai Fjell, Henry de Groux, Jacek Malczewski, August Malmström, Ary Renan, Alexandre Séon, Maurice Chabas. Excerpt: Nicholas Roerich, also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Russian: ; October 9 1874 ¿ December 13, 1947), was a Russian mystic, painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure. A prolific artist, he created thousands of paintings (many of them are exhibited in well-known museums of the world) and about 30 literary works. Roerich was an author and initiator of an international pact for the protection of artistic and academic institutions and historical sites (Roerich¿s Pact) and a founder of an international movement for the defence of culture. Roerich earned several nominations for the Nobel Prize. Roerich in translation from the ancient Scandinavian means ¿rich of fame¿ (Rö Rich). Members of Roerich¿s family occupied prominent military and administrative posts in Russia since the reign of Peter I. Nicholas Roerich¿s father Konstantin Fedorovich was a well-known notary who was born in Courland. N. Roerich¿s mother Maria Vasil¿evna Kalashnikova was descended from a long line of merchants and traders. Among friends of the Roerich¿s family were such famous personalities as D. Mendeleyev, N. Kostomarov, M. Mikeshin, L. Ivanovsky et al. From childhood Nicholas Roerich was attracted to painting, archaeology, history and the abundant cultural heritage of the East. Guests from Overseas, 1901 (Varangians in Russia)Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on October 9, 1874, the first-born son of lawyer and notary, Konstantin Roerich and his wife Maria. When he was nine, a noted archeologist came to conduct explorations in the region and took young Roerich on his excavations of the local tumuli. The adventure of unveiling the mysteries of forgotten eras with his own hands sparked an interest in archeology that would last his lifetime. His father did not want him to pursue painting as a career, but rather to study law. He made a compromise, and after finishing his studies in 1893, Nicholas Roerich simultaneously entered th |
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