DOI Heft:
No. 325 (April 1920)
DOI Artikel:Jarintzov, Nadine: A Russian painter: N. K. Roerich
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21360#0075
A RUSSIAN PAINTER : N. K. ROERICH
he said : “ We shall learn from you. Nous
sommes trop raffinesN 000
(3) Landscape, and Old Russian Archi-
tecture. The Call of the Bells shows a
nook in Old Pskov, where the figure of
the angel on the church wall is part and
parcel of the responsive atmosphere. 0
(4) The Spells of Russia. Wizards,
enchanted places, hidden treasures, spirits
of eternal fairy tales, maleficent animals,
a beautiful horseman ever guarding a city
from evil powers {The Enchanted City), a
little aboriginal creature furtively hiding his
treasures. ... It seems to be the fate of
Russians to hide their treasures ! Numbers
of them are being hidden now, just as
they had to be hidden in the tumultuous
times of yore. No wonder that whole
codes of magic rules have come into being,
teaching how to handle treasure both in
hiding them and in searching for them.
A hidden treasure is almost a living crea-
ture ; it has its own whims and moods,
it can choose to be benevolent or mis-
chievous. 0 0 0 0 0
(5) In 1913-1914 another order of crea-
tions came into existence through the in-
tuition of the master : it may be designated
“ The Prophetic Paintings/' To this
group belong : The Lurid Glare, which
later on appeared to be the symbol of
Belgium; The Doomed City, a lifeless
city encircled by an enormous serpent;
The Messenger, a phantom boat standing
motionless before unapproachable cliffs;
Human Deeds, wise men contemplating a
heap of ruins ; The Cry of a Serpent, since
the creation of which Roerich learned of
an Eastern legend that a serpent utters a
cry when it apprehends the approach of
peril to its country. 0000
The overwhelming majority of Roerich's
works are in Russia; and a chronological
list giving the titles and ownership of most
of them appeared in the Russian magazine
“Apollon" for April-May 1915; but be-
tween thirty and forty remained after the
exhibition in Malmo, and are to be exhi-
bited, together with his recent paintings,
in May at the Goupil Gallery. 0 0
“ THE TREASURE.” BY
NICOLAS ROERICH
(Skidelski Collection
69
he said : “ We shall learn from you. Nous
sommes trop raffinesN 000
(3) Landscape, and Old Russian Archi-
tecture. The Call of the Bells shows a
nook in Old Pskov, where the figure of
the angel on the church wall is part and
parcel of the responsive atmosphere. 0
(4) The Spells of Russia. Wizards,
enchanted places, hidden treasures, spirits
of eternal fairy tales, maleficent animals,
a beautiful horseman ever guarding a city
from evil powers {The Enchanted City), a
little aboriginal creature furtively hiding his
treasures. ... It seems to be the fate of
Russians to hide their treasures ! Numbers
of them are being hidden now, just as
they had to be hidden in the tumultuous
times of yore. No wonder that whole
codes of magic rules have come into being,
teaching how to handle treasure both in
hiding them and in searching for them.
A hidden treasure is almost a living crea-
ture ; it has its own whims and moods,
it can choose to be benevolent or mis-
chievous. 0 0 0 0 0
(5) In 1913-1914 another order of crea-
tions came into existence through the in-
tuition of the master : it may be designated
“ The Prophetic Paintings/' To this
group belong : The Lurid Glare, which
later on appeared to be the symbol of
Belgium; The Doomed City, a lifeless
city encircled by an enormous serpent;
The Messenger, a phantom boat standing
motionless before unapproachable cliffs;
Human Deeds, wise men contemplating a
heap of ruins ; The Cry of a Serpent, since
the creation of which Roerich learned of
an Eastern legend that a serpent utters a
cry when it apprehends the approach of
peril to its country. 0000
The overwhelming majority of Roerich's
works are in Russia; and a chronological
list giving the titles and ownership of most
of them appeared in the Russian magazine
“Apollon" for April-May 1915; but be-
tween thirty and forty remained after the
exhibition in Malmo, and are to be exhi-
bited, together with his recent paintings,
in May at the Goupil Gallery. 0 0
“ THE TREASURE.” BY
NICOLAS ROERICH
(Skidelski Collection
69