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Nicholas Roerich

1874 - 1947

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Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Russian: Николай Константинович Рерих), better known as Nicholas Roerich (; October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947), was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure. In his youth he was influenced by Russian Symbolism, a movement in Russian society centered on the spiritual. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices and his paintings are said to have hypnotic expression. Born in Saint Petersburg, to a well-to-do Baltic German father and to a Russian mother, Roerich lived in various places in the world until his death in Naggar, India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Roerich is the 219th most popular painter (up from 233rd in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Russia (up from 212th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Painter.

Nicholas Roerich was a Russian painter, philosopher, archaeologist, and public figure. He is most famous for his paintings of the Himalayas.

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Among painters, Nicholas Roerich ranks 219 out of 2,023. Before him are Georgia O'Keeffe, Dieric Bouts, Luca Giordano, Carl Bloch, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Jan Gossaert. After him are Andrea del Castagno, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Francesco Hayez, Piero di Cosimo, Raoul Dufy, and Petrus Christus.

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Among people born in 1874, Nicholas Roerich ranks 31. Before him are Talaat Pasha, G. K. Chesterton, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, D. F. Malan, Konstantin Päts, and Antanas Smetona. After him are Abbas II of Egypt, Karl Kraus, Gustav Holst, Reinhold Glière, Josef Suk, and Inessa Armand. Among people deceased in 1947, Nicholas Roerich ranks 26. Before him are Anton Denikin, Ettore Bugatti, Aung San, Han van Meegeren, Karl Mannheim, and Ernst Lubitsch. After him are Frederick Gowland Hopkins, G. H. Hardy, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Stanley Baldwin, Victor Lustig, and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nicholas Roerich ranks 200 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Solovyov (1853), Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882), Felix Yusupov (1887), Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690), Ivan I of Moscow (1288), and Vasily II of Moscow (1415). After him are Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Leonid Hurwicz (1917), Grigori Perelman (1966), Alexei Leonov (1934), and Vladimir Propp (1895).

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Among PAINTERS In Russia

Among painters born in Russia, Nicholas Roerich ranks 4. Before him are Wassily Kandinsky (1866), Andrei Rublev (1360), and Ivan Shishkin (1832). After him are Alexej von Jawlensky (1864), Ivan Kramskoi (1837), Natalia Goncharova (1881), Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Vasily Vereshchagin (1842), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), Vasily Perov (1834), and Lovis Corinth (1858).

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