Nicholas Roerich: The Mystical Journey

by Nicholas Roerich, José Argüelles, Jerry Cullum

This beautiful catalog captures in vivid, stunning color a very special collection of landscape paintings by Nicholas Roerich from private American collections. During the Fall of 2004, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art brought these paintings together to show them publicly for the first time in over 50 years. Lloyd Nick, Director of OUMA, writes that Roerich's paintings, especially those of the majestic mountains of the Himalayas, are stunning in their ability to capture the viewer's once the eyes have caught these calming images, they become a permanent part of the viewer's memory. The catalog also contains historical commentary on the artist.

70 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Nicholas Roerich, also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (alternative transliteration) (Russian: Никола́й Константи́нович Ре́рих), was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, public figure, mystic, enlightener and philosopher.

Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia to the family of a well-to-do notary public, he lived around the world until his death in Punjab, India. Trained as an artist and a lawyer, his interests lay in literature, philosophy, archaeology and especially art. Roerich was a dedicated activist for the cause of preserving art and architecture in times of war. He earned several nominations for the Nobel Prize. The so-called Roerich Pact was signed into law by the United States and most member nations of the Pan-American Union in April 1935.