THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN MEMORY OF Professor Benjamin A. Bernstein ROERICH CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION SAN FRANCISCO^MUSEUM OF ART PALACE OF FINE ARTS SEPTEMBER 9 OCTOBER 15 1921 THE SAN FRANCISCO ART ASSOCIATION OFFICERS ARTHUR BROWN, JR. President CHARLES TEMPLETON CROCKER First Vice-President JOHN I. WALTER Second V ice-President MRS. JOSEPH FIFE Secretary WALTER S. MARTIN Treasurer DIRECTORS CLARK HOBART GENEVE RIXFORD SARGEANT WILLIAM H. METSON WILLIS POLK GOTTARDO PlAZZONI DIRECTOR J. NILSEN LAURVIK The Association was organized in 1872 and conducts the San Francisco Museum of Art and the California School of Fine Arts. LOAN STACK GIFT THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART OFFICERS GEORGE A. POPE President CHARLES T. CROCKER First V ice-President SIDNEY M. EHRMAN Second V ice-President WALTER S. MARTIN Treasurer E. RAYMOND ARMSBY Secretary TRUSTEES E. RAYMOND ARMSBY DANIEL C. JACKLING ARTHUR BROWN, JR. WALTER S. MARTIN FRANCIS CAROLAN JAMES D. PHELAN CHARLES W. CLARK GEORGE A. POPE CHARLES T. CROCKER LAURANCE I. SCOTT WILLIAM H. CROCKER RICHARD M. TOBIN JOHN S. DRUM WM. C. VAN ANTWERP SIDNEY M. EHRMAN JOHN I. WALTER JOSEPH D. GRANT GEORGE WHITTELL DIRECTOR J. NILSEN LAURVIK The Museum is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts, erected by the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. 219 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TOUR OF THE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION HAVE BEEN MADE BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ROBERT B. HARSHE, OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. PRINTED BY TAYLOR & TAYLOR, SAN FRANCISCO. PREFATORY NOTE F I AHE exhibition of the work of the famous Russian I painter, Nicolas Roerich, is an art event of the first A magnitude that presents to San Francisco one of the most interesting and fertile personalities now active in con- temporary art. The collection has already been shown in the Brooklyn, Chicago, St. Louis, and other important Eastern museums, where it has created a furore in art circles as well as among the general public. The well-known European critic A. Koiransky says of him : "Roerich' s genius does not only lie in scenic decoration; he has done exquisite and new designs which could be used for cretonnes, and his interpretations of Russian folk-lore are quite wonderful emotional and realistic, yet mystic, render- ings of Place and Folk and traditional Russian life. In his panels entitled 'The Sons of Heaven' he showed himself capable of new and remarkable interpretations of the Old Testament, and no more wonderful artist could be found when the time comes to place in the Town Hall of Jerusalem the story of the wanderings of the Jews since 70 A. D., and their history prior to that date. "As a painter of landscape Roerich brings something into his interpretations as new as it is old ! "He has, as an artist, many of those highly dramatic, real- istic, poetic emotional attributes which we have come to know as typical of the Great Russia through the wonderful singing of Vladimir Rosing. "Roerich has enormous power and force, yet without ever 'forcing.' I do not know of a painter who can get such effects as he gets in color. His drawing has the same remarkable power and breadth, and is intellectual as well as emotional. His painting may be described as at once scholarly, scientific, and fearless ; added to this there is the poetry of a mystic who PREFATORY NOTE is a worshiper of Nature a Walt Whitman in painting, in a sense. "He draws from sky, sea, and land those unseen forces of Fatalism and Destiny which are found in Shakespeare. His use of materials is that of a master craftsman, especially where tempera and pastel are used together." N. Jarintzov, in an article on Roerich published in *f he Studio, says: "Roerich is descended from a Norwegian family (whose name was Rurik) that came over and settled in Russia in Peter the Great's time. He was born in 1874. From 1893 to 1897 he was student at the Petrograd University, and at the same time at the Academy in Professor Kuindji's class. In 1915 Russia celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the academician's artistic activity. Long before that time he was the first president of the society or group called 'The World of Art,' amongst the leaders of which were Serov, Vroubel, Somov, Bakst, Benois, and other artists well known in Eu- rope ; director of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts ; member of the Paris 'Salon d'Automne' and the Rheims Academy, also of the Vienna Secession, his connection with which he severed in 1914. "In 1907 Roerich was first inspired to compose scenery for an opera (Wagner's 'Valkyries'), not to order, but 'for him- self.' Very soon he became a past master in that branch of art, wonderfully harmonizing his creations with the music of the operas and the spirit of the dramas. His were the sceneries for several operas in Serge Diaghilev's productions, and for plays at the Moscow Art Theatre and the Ancient Theatre. He has recently completed the scenery for Rimsky Korsakov's 'Tsar Sal tan' (Pushkin's fairy tale) in pursuance of a com- mission given by Sir Thomas Beecham. "The Pochatev Cathedral and two or three private chapels are adorned with numerous mural paintings, done with PREFATORY NOTE Roerich's ever-present inspiration and love both for the sub- ject and the technique suitable for it. He also worked enthu- siastically for two years at Talashkino, the famous estate of Princess M. Tenisheva, where Ruskin and William Morris would have found all their ideals carried out by a group of inspired and inspiring people. "There is no museum or art-gallery in Russia that does not own Roerich's canvases and designs for decorative art. In all, his creations number now over seven hundred. A good many of them have been acquired by the National Art Gallery in Rome, the Louvre (Pavilion Marsan) and the Luxembourg museums in Paris, and public art-galleries in Vienna, Prague, Venice, Milan, Malmo, Brussels, Chicago, Stockholm, San Francisco, and Copenhagen. London saw some of Roerich's works at the Exhibition of Post-Impressionists in 1911. "Besides being a connoisseur, Roerich has also been an ardent collector of old paintings. He possessed a valuable collection of these in Petrograd, the fate of which is unknown, because he would not accept the high post offered to him by the Bolsheviks. His collections also included 75,000 objects illustrating the Stone Age, of which he has made a profound study." The material contained in the following Catalogue has been culled from the official catalogue of Roerich's paintings arranged by Dr. Christian Brinton, to whom due acknowl- edgment is hereby made, and we also wish to express our deep indebtedness to Associate Director Robert B. Harshe of the Art Institute of Chicago for his kind co-operation in helping us to secure this notable exhibition for San Francisco, and last, but not least, to record our grateful appreciation of the unremitting labors of William Chorovsky in completing the decoration of the galleries in time for the opening. J. NILS EN LAURVIK, Director. C ATA L O G U E PAINTINGS IN OIL 1 THE TREASURE OF THE ANGELS Design for mural painting in the chapel of Princess Tenisheva, Talashkino, Smolensk. Painted in Petrograd, 1905. First ex- hibited: Prague, 1905. Canvas. Size 124x144. 2 SAINTLY VISIONS Painted in Petrograd, 1906. First exhibited: Salon d'Automne, Paris, 1906. Size 56x39. Canvas. Signed, lower right. 3 EVENING Design for mural painting. (Slavonic Series). Painted in Pet- rograd, 1907. First exhibited: Soyuz, Moscow, 1908. Size 62x113. Canvas. Signed, lower left. 4 PAGAN RUSSIA Painted in Petrograd, 1909. First exhibited: Albert Hall, London, 1909. Size 62x67. Canvas. Signed, lower right. 5 THE VIKING'S DAUGHTER Painted in Karelia, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 16^x20. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 6 ROCKS (Study) Painted in Karelia, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 121/2x16. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 9 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 7 ROCKS AND SKY Painted in Karelia, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 19x29%. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 8 THE CALL OF THE SUN (Second Version) Painted in Viborg, 1919. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 46x60. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 9 THE TREASURE Painted in Viborg, 1919. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 39%x59 Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 10 COURTYARD OLD NOVGOROD Painted in Karelia, 1919. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 10x21%. Panel. Monogram, lower left. OIL TEMPERA 1 1 THE VARENGIAN SEA Painted in Petrograd, 1909. First exhibited: Mir Iskusstva, Moscow, 1909. Size 55x125. Canvas. Signed and dated, lower right. 12 MESSENGERS OF MORN Painted in Yhinhlati, Finland, 1917. First exhibited: Stock- holm, 1918. Size 19x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 13 STUDY KARELIA Painted in Yhinhlati, 1917. First exhibited : Helsingfors, 1919. Size 13x15%. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 14 STUDY LAKE OF HYMPOLA Painted in Finland, 1917. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 13x15%. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 15 MISTY MORNING Painted in Yhinhlati, 1917. First exhibited : Helsingfors, 1919. Size 12x15. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 16 BLUE MORNING Painted in Yhinhlati, 1917. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 12% xl 5%. Canvas on panel. Monogram, lower right. 10 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 17 ECSTASY (Sketch) Painted in Yhinhlati, 1917. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 18^x18^2. Board. Monogram, lower right. 19 MOONLIGHT SORT AVALA Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 15^x15^. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 2 1 THE SECRET PASSAGE Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 20x31^2. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 22 ECSTASY Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 60x50. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 23 MYSTERY Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 19x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 24 COGITATIONS Painted in Tulola, Finland, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 20x29. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 26 THE CALL Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 18x293^. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 27 THE WIZARD Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 19x26^. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 28 THE KNIGHT OF THE MORNING Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 18x29. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 29 THE KNIGHT OF THE EVENING Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 18x29. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 30 THE KNIGHT OF THE NIGHT Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 19^/2x29. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 11 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 31 THE KNIGHT OF THE NIGHT (Variant) Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 13^x16. Panel. Unsigned. 33 CLOUDS LAKE OF LADOGA (I) Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 15^2x18^2. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 34 CLOUDS LAKE LADOGA (II) Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 16x20^4. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 35 THE WEAVER OF SPELLS Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 28^x31. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 36 THE MISER Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 20x315/2' Panel. Monogram, lower right. 37 THE LORD OF NIGHT Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 28^2x31. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 38 "NOT GONE YET" Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 16x31. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 39 FAMAGUSTA Design for wooden mosaic. Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 12x28%. Panel. Unsigned. 40 ROCKS TULOLA Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 19^x19*^. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 41 ISLANDS LAGE LADOGA (I) Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 14x21. Monogram, lower left. 42 MIDSUMMER NIGHT LAKE LADOGA Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 15x16. Monogram, lower right. 12 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 43 THE MOTLEY BAY LADOGA Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 12x33. Panel. Monogram, lower centre. 44 VALLEY TULOLA Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 10^/2x22. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 45 THE STONE OF SPELLS Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 9^x24^. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 47 SUNSET THE CASTLE MOUNT Painted in Yhinhlati, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 91/2x30^2. Board. Monogram, lower left. 48 THE OUTCAST Painted in Viborg, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 9^x29. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 49 AUTUMN VIBORG Painted in Viborg, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 9^x25. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 50 REFUGEES (Sketch) Painted in Viborg, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 9x24. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 5 1 MOONLIGHT KARELIA Painted in Yhinhlati, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 10x31. Board. Unsigned. 53 REPENTANCE Painted in Viborg, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 24^x31^. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 54 ISLANDS LAKE LADOGA (II) Painted in Viborg, 1918. Never before exhibited. Size 18^x33. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 55 THE WEAVER OF SPELLS (Variant) Painted in Viborg, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 12*^x10. Panel. Monogram, lower left. CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 56 MORNING (Study) Painted in Sortavala, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 11x181/2. Canvas on panel. Monogram, lower right. 57* THE HEAT OF THE EARTH Painted in Viborg, 1919. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 19x191/2. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 58 THE CALL OF THE BELLS OLD PSKOV Painted in Viborg, 1919. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 19x31. Panel. Monogram, lower left. 59 THE SONS OF HEAVEN GENESIS, VI Painted in Viborg, 1919. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 51x52. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. PAINTINGS IN TEMPERA 60 THE SECRET PASSAGE (Sketch) Painted in Petrograd, 1904. First exhibited: Petrograd, 1904. Size 45^x6. Board. Monogram, lower left. 61 KHANKONCHAK Costume Sketch for Chaliapin in Prince Igor; Paris produc- tion, 1909. First exhibited: Soyuz, Petrograd, 1910. Size . Board. Signed, lower right. 62 THE CALL OF THE SUN (First Version) Painted in Hapsal, 1910. First exhibited: Mir Iskusstva; Pet- rograd, 1910. Size 18^x211/2. Board. Monogram, lower left. 63 THE RED MOUNTAINS Scene for Peer Gynt; Moscow Art Theatre production, 1912. First exhibited: Mir Iskusstva, Petrograd, 1913. Size 25%x 33^/2. Board. Unsigned. Lent by VALERIAN V. SLEPTZOV, ESQ. 64 THE CAVE OF THE TROLLS Scene for Peer Gynt; Moscow Art Theatre production, 1912. Painted in Petrograd, 1912. First exhibited: Mir Iskusstva, Petrograd, 1913. Size 25^/2x33^. Board. Monogram, lower right. H CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 65 THE LAST ANGEL Painted in Talashkino, 1912. First exhibited: Mir Iskusstva, Petrograd, 1912. Size 20^x29. Board. Monogram, lower left. 66 THE PALACE OF TSAR BERENDEY Sketch for the fairy opera Snegurochka. Petrograd Free Art Theatre production, 1912. First exhibited: Mir Iskusstva, Petrograd, 1912. Size 21x27. Board. Monogram, lower left. PRINCESS MALEINE SERIES Seven scenes for Maeterlinck's Princess Maleine; Moscow Free Theatre production, 1913. First exhibited: Malmo, 1914. 67 IN FRONT OF THE CASTLE Size 7^x7. Board. Monogram, lower right. 68 THE TOWER Size 30x28. Board. Monogram, lower left. 69 THE QUEEN'S ROOM Size 30x20^. Board. Monogram, lower right. 70 THE GARDEN Size 9x5^4. Board. Monogram, lower right. 7 1 QUEEN ANNE'S TOWER Size 30x20^. Board. Monogram, lower right. 72 A CORRIDOR IN THE CASTLE Size 30x20^. Board. Monogram, lower left. 73 PRINCESS MALEINE'S CHAMBER Size 30x28. Board. Monogram, lower right. PRINCE IGOR SERIES Three scenes for Prince Igor; Diaghilev's Paris and London production, 1914. First exhibited, Malmo, 1914. 74 THE SQUARE IN PUTIVILE Size 27x38. Board. Monogram, lower right. 75- PRINCE GALITZKY'S COURTYARD Size 27x28. Board. Monogram, lower right. 15 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 76 YAROSLAVNA'S TOWER ROOM Size 27x38. Board. Monogram, lower right. 77 CASTLE MOUNTAIN YHINHLATI Painted in Yhinhlati, 1917. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 18x32. Board. Monogram, lower right. 78 WHITE NIGHT Painted in Yhinhlati, 1917. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 18x325^. Board. Monogram, lower right. 79 THE GIANT'S GRAVE Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 17x24. Board. Monogram, lower left. 80 THE ISLAND OF SLAVES Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 17x24. Board. Monogram, lower right. 81 LAPLAND CASTLE (Study) Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Helsingfors, 1919. Size 14x34^. Board. Monogram, lower right. 82 MOUNTAIN LAKE Painted in Tulola, 1918. First exhibited: Stockholm, 1918. Size 205/2x26. Board. Monogram, lower left. 83 THE WHITE LADY Painted in London, 1919. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 36x28. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 84 THE LAND OF GIANTS (Sketch) Painted in London, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 83^x10^2. Board. Monogram, lower left. TSAR SALT AN SERIES Ten Scenes for the Pushkin-Rimsky-Korsakov opera Tsar Saltan, for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Painted in Lon- don, 1919. First exhibited: London, 1920. 85 A RUSSIAN HUT Size 20x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 16 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 86 TMUTARAKAN Size 21x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 87 THE GATES OF TMUTARAKAN Size 25x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 88 THE BLUE SEA Size 25x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 89 LEDENETZ TOWN (I) Size 24x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 90 LEDENETZ TOWN (II) Size 24x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 9 1 THE SHORE NEAR LEDENETZ TOWN Size 24x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 92 TSAR GVIDON'S GALLEY Size 16x20. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 93 THE SHORE Size 12x1 6. Canvas. Unsigned. 94 LEDENETZ PALACE Size 14x20. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 95-1 15 TWENTY COSTUME DESIGNS FOR TSAR SALT AN 1 1 7 THE ENCHANTED CITY Painted in London, 1919. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 28x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 118 THE ECLIPSE Scene for the prologue of Prince Igor. Painted for the Royal Opera, Co vent Garden, 1919. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 20x24. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 1 19 COURTYARD OF PRINCE GALITZKY'S PALACE Scene for Prince Igor. Painted for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden production, October, 1919. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 28x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 17 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 120 THE POLOVETZKY CAMP Scene for Prince Igor; Diaghilev's Paris production, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 20x30. Canvas. Mono- gram, lower right. 121 SAINT BORIS AND SAINT GLEB Religious folk tale motif. Painted in London, 1919. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 24x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. SNEGUROCHKA SERIES Five Scenes for the Ostrovsky Rimsky-Korsakov fairy opera Snegurochka. Painted for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, 1919. First exhibited: London, 1920. 124 A NORTHERN NIGHT (Prologue) Size 28x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 125 VILLAGE OF THE BERENDEY Size 24x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 126 THE SACRED GROVE Size 24x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 127 THE VALLEY OF YARILA Size 24x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. SADKO SERIES Four Scenes for the opera Sadko. Painted for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. 128 THE NOVGOROD MARKET Size 28x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 129 THE SHORE OF VOLHOV Size 18x22. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 130 SADKO'S PALACE Size 20x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 18 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 1 3 1 THE DEEP-SEA REALM Size 25x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 132 THE CITY OF THE SERPENT Painted in London, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 20x36. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 133 SAINT GLEB, THE GUARDIAN Saint Gleb protecting the city of Moscow. Painted in London, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 36x36. Canvas. Monogram, right centre. 134 THE SONG OF THE MOON (Sketch) Painted in London, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 14x16. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 136 A PERSIAN THEATRE (Sketch) Painted in London, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 12x16. Canvas. Unsigned. 137 THE DOOMED CITY (Variant) An earlier version is in the Maxim Gorky collection, Petro- grad. Painted in London, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 18x24. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. 138 SAINT GEORGE Design for poster. Painted in London, 1920. First exhibited: London, 1920. Size 18x22. Canvas. Unsigned. 139 DREAM OF THE ORIENT Painted in London, 1920. Never before exhibited. Size 20x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 140 OUR FOREFATHERS (Variant) Painted in London, 1920. Never before exhibited. Size 18x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. DREAMS OF WISDOM SERIES Decorative mural panels for a private residence in London. Painted in London, 1920. Never before exhibited. 19 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 141 THE SONG OF THE WATERFALL (Sketch) Size 16x14. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 142 THE SONG OF THE WATERFALL (Panel) Size 92x48. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. Lent by M. L. SKIDELSKY, ESQ. 143 THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS (Sketch) Size 30x20. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 144 THE SONG OF MORNING (Panel) Size 92x48. Canvas. Monogram, left. LENT BY M. L. SKIDELSKY, ESQ. 145 SAINT NICOLAS Painted in London, 1920. Never before exhibited. Size 18x24. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 146 MESSAGE FROM THE PAST Painted in New York, 1920. Never before exhibited. Size 20x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower right. PAINTINGS IN TEMPERA AND PASTEL 147 OFFERINGS Painted in Petrograd, 1910. First exhibited: Mir Iskusstva, Petrograd, 1912. Size 19^x29^. Board. Monogram, lower centre. 148 BUGURSTAN CAUCASUS Painted in Kislovodsk, Northern Caucasus, 1913. First ex- hibited: Malmo, 1914. Size 17^2x33^. Board. Monogram, lower right. 149 THE BLUE RANGE CAUCASUS Painted in Kislovodsk, Northern Caucasus, 1913. First ex- hibited: Malmo, 1914. Size 17^x33^. Board. Monogram. 150 THE RAIN FAIRY Painted in Tulola, Finland, 1918. First exhibited: Stock- holm, 1918. Size 30x29^. Panel. Monogram, lower right. 20 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION PAINTINGS IN PASTEL 151 ECSTASY (Sketch) Painted in Sortavala, Finland, 1917. First exhibited: Stock- holm, 1918. Size 24x19. Board. Monogram, lower right. 152-172 ROCKS AND CLIFFS LADOGA SERIES Painted in Karelia, 1917-18 173 THE UNKNOWN SINGER Painted in New York, 1920. Never before exhibited. Size 20x30. Canvas. Monogram, lower left. 175 TRISTAN AND ISOLDE 176 TRISTAN AND ISOLDE 177 RUSSIAN VILLAGE 1 78 "WINTER GNOMES" 179 SETTING (Snegurochka Series) 180 TRISTAN AND ISOLDE 181 THE LAST KING 182 "SAINTS" 183 WATCH TOWER, OLD ISBORSKA LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER . 184 ROSTOV THE GREAT, 17TH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 185 ROSTOV THE GREAT, i6TH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 186 CHURCH IN YAROSLAVL, 17TH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 187 MOSQUE OF KREMLIN LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 21 CATALOGUE NICOLAS ROERICH EXHIBITION 188 PETSCHORA MONASTERY, ^TH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 189 ROSTOV THE GREAT, i6TH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 190 CHURCH IN YAROSLAVL, iyTH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 191 ROSTOV THE GREAT, i;TH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 192 CHURCH IN YAROSLAVL, i;TH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 193 ENTRANCE TO MONASTERY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 194 THE OLD PSKOFF, ^TH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 195 SMOLENSK TOWERS, ijTH CENTURY LOANED BY DR. W. S. PORTER 196 ATLANT 197 THE COMMAND 198 BUILDING OF WARSHIP, ANCIENT RUSSIA LOANED BY OAKLAND ART ASSOCIATION 199 EVENING LANDSCAPE NICOLAS KONSTANTINOVICH ROERICH AADEMICIAN of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, Petrograd ; Director of the School for the Encourage- ment of the Fine Arts in Russia; Honorary President of the Council of Courses of Architecture for Women in Pet- rograd ; Honorary Member of the Imperial Moscow Archaeo- logical Institute; Professor in the Imperial Petrograd Arch- aeological Institute ; Member of the Commission of the Fine Arts Editions of St. Eugenia, Petrograd; First President of the Mir Iskusstva (World of Art), Petrograd; President of the Council of the Red Cross Art Workshops for Disabled Soldiers, Petrograd; Vice-President of the Council of Art in Russia; President of the Council of the Museum of Ante- Petrian Art, Petrograd; President of the Museum of Russian Art of the Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Russia; Member of the Board of the Imperial Society of Architecture, Petrograd; Member of the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society, Petrograd; Commander of the First Class of the Royal Swedish Order of the North Star; Member of the Academic National e de Reims ; Societaire of the Salon d' Automne, Paris ; Member of the Societe des Antiquaires de Paris ; Member of the Societe Prehistorique, Paris ; Honorary Member of the Vienna Secession; Member of the Finnish Artists Society of Helsingfors; Member, Anglo-Russian Literary Society, London. 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