Nicholas Roerich

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Nicholas Roerich
Николай Рерих
Roerich c. 1940–1947
Born	(1874-10-09)October 9, 1874 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	December 13, 1947(1947-12-13) (aged 73) Naggar, Dominion of India
Nationality	Russian
Occupation(s)	painter, archaeologist, costume and set designer for ballets, operas, and dramas
Spouse	Helena Roerich
Children	George de Roerich, Svetoslav Roerich
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Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh^[a] (Russian: Николай Константинович Рерих), better known as Nicholas Roerich (/ˈrɛrɪk/; 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.^[1][2]

Born in Saint Petersburg, to a well-to-do Baltic German father and to a Russian mother,^[3] Roerich lived in various places in the world until his death in Naggar, India.^[4] Trained as an artist and a lawyer, his main interests were literature, philosophy, archaeology, and especially art. Roerich was a dedicated activist for the cause of preserving art and architecture during times of war. He was nominated several times to the longlist for the Nobel Peace Prize.^[5] The so-called Roerich Pact (for the protection of cultural objects) was signed into law by the United States and most other nations of the Pan-American Union in April 1935.

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