Nicholas Roerich

Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947) belongs to the galaxy of outstanding figures of Russian and world culture. He was a painter, scientist, traveller, public figure, writer, publicist and philosopher… His versatile talent can be only compared to the titans of the Renaissance epoch. Nicholas Roerich’s cultural heritage is enormous — more than seven thousand paintings scattered all over the world, countless literary works — books, essays, articles, diaries…