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ROERICH Nicolas (1874-1947)

Slavic Earth. Watercolor, gouache highlights and graphite on paper laid down on cardboard, signed lower right with the artist's initials, preserved under glass in a white-painted wooden frame. Slight traces of humidity and craquelure, but good overall condition, age wear to the frame. Sight: H.: 18.5 cm - W.: 25.5 cm. Frame: H.: 23.5 cm - W.: 31 cm. Biography: Nicolas Roerich was a Russian Symbolist painter. From 1893 to 1898, he studied at the Law Faculty of St. Petersburg University, then at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, notably as a pupil of Arkhip Kouïndji (1841-1910), one of the most original landscape painters of his time, with his play on materials and the effects of moon and sunlight. This theme is very present in Roerich's work. In 1900, he worked in Fernand Cormon's studio. The following year, he became secretary of the Association pour l'Encouragement des Arts (OPKh), before becoming director of the OPKh's drawing school in 1906. From then on, he undertook long stays in Russia's oldest cities. On his return, he exhibited his work in many foreign countries. He was an honorary member of the Salon d'Automne in Paris, and in 1910, when the Miriskousstva (World of Art) association was refounded, he became its president. From 1908 to 1914, he worked on sketches for theater productions and Russian ballets for Serge de Diaghilev in Paris and London. From then on, his work was regularly exhibited, and in 1920 he discovered New York, where he decided to settle for several years. In 1928, after several expeditions to Asia (Tibet and Mongolia), he settled in India. After the Russian Revolution, he lived between Paris and the United States. Highly committed to peace, in 1929 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the University of Paris. His action for peace led the United States to sign the Roerich Pact on April 15, 1935. Provenance: former collection of Louis L. Horch and Netti S. Horch (1897-1991), friends and patrons of the artist, acquired in 1977, then kept by descent before being offered for sale at Christie's on May 28, 2012 in London under no. 33. Reference: this work is illustrated in the book "Roerich" by A. M. Prande, published in Riga in 1939, on page 38, sold in this sale under number 627.

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ROERICH Nicolas (1874-1947)

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