"The Call of Beauty" by Nicholas Roerich
ARTinvestment.RU   30 декабря 2009

Today, 30 December, in the Tver city museum exhibition center opens exhibition of paintings by Nicholas Roerich's "The Call of Beauty"

«time creating a culture of spirit approached. Sign <...> Beauty reveals all "sacred gate". Under the sign of beauty we are happy. The beauty of winning. Beauty pray. Uniting beauty ».

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C December 30, 2009 on January 31, 2010 in the Tver City Museum and exhibition center will be exhibition of paintings by Nicholas Roerich's "The Call of Beauty».

2009 marks the jubilee dates several world-famous Roerich family. Celebrated 135 years since the birth Nicholas Roerich - the world-renowned artist, scientist and public figure, author of the International Covenant for the Protection of Cultural Property, 130 years old Helena Roerich - a distinguished philosopher, writer, inspiration and leadership for the whole family, and 105 years of their youngest son - Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Roerich - well-known artist, educator, founder of a number of cultural and artistic institutions. The eldest son - Yuri Roerich - a scientist-orientalist with a worldwide reputation. Each of them made an invaluable contribution to the treasury of Russian and world culture and science.

beginning of this amazing phenomenon - the Roerich family - put the meeting that took place in Tver land. 110 years ago, in one of the archaeological travel, Bologoye Nicholas Roerich first met his future wife Elena Ivanovna Shaposhnikova. She stayed with Prince PA Putiatina, famous archaeologist and anthropologist, brought her close relative. This meeting will define their future, lit the flame of love and loyalty for life. "In Bologoye, the estate of Prince PA Putiatina I met Lada - companion and muse. Joy! "- Wrote in his diary Roerich.

in many parts of the Tver region NKRoerich conducted archaeological excavations. They were examined ancient burial mounds, scattered on the shores of lakes Piros, Kaftino, Glubochiha. The results of these excavations, which gave rich finds have been described by Nicholas in the records of the Imperial Archaeological Commission: "Some ancient Shelonskoy fifths and Bezhetsky end," Stone Age lake Piros, K Antiquities Valdai and Votic. Collection of objects of the Stone Age of Nicholas Roerich, presented in 1905 in France at the international congress of prehistoric, aroused great interest of specialists.

during the famous "trip to the old" 1903-1904 period whose task was to study the ancient architecture, Nicholas and Elena Ivanovna traveling to and from Tver province. The history and beauty of the land prompted Nicholas stories of several paintings. In 1904 he had written paintings "Kalyazin. Entrance to the monastery "," Kalyazin. Tower "," Tver. Barges on the Volga "," Piros Lake (Lake Valdai). During the visit Roerichs collected materials and applied arts. Later, Nicholas will make an interesting study of motives Tver embroidery. In his view, they borrowed from the ancient ornaments. Snake - the most ancient symbol, anthropoid figures - a reminder of the ritual figurines of the Neolithic man. The motif of stylized deer is not talking about emulating the north, and the dissemination of ancient deer bones that the artist found with silicon.

In his article in 1903 "According to ancient times" Nicholas Roerich wrote about Torzhokskiy plungers sewing. He leads a glaring fact of their ignorance, when the local district council to abolish the school created "... to support this dilapidated Needlework and update his return to the old superior technology. Bitterly artist wrote: "Here it is old-it! But we do not know how, not whether we want to help the people once again see the beauty in his difficult life. " Calls Roerich not take away people's "... remnants of his beauty, his diva gorgeous, they cherished for centuries" and explain to society the urgent need for cultural constructions of beauty.

Exhibition "The Call of Beauty" will provide viewers 56 paintings of Nicholas Roerich series "Himalaya". In these scenes - mountains, ancient as the planet itself. Vertices, lit by the dawn and the setting sun, blaze a whole range of amazing colors. Bright luminous strokes of tempera captivating beauty of fall on the fabric, shining reflections otherworldly realms. "It is said that the singer will no longer be sacred mountains - wrote about the paintings of her husband of Helena Roerich. - Forever it will remain unsurpassed in this area. Mountains Roerich live and breathe. They mixed the breath of the Earth and the universe. Himalayas for an artist - a symbol of spiritual ascent of man himself, his thousand-year relationship with the magical space of the planet.

from the exhibition includes works from clay, fireclay young sculptor from Ukraine Alexei Leonov.

Source: museum.ru