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Roerich

American  
[rur-ik, ryaw-ryikh] / ˈrɜr ɪk, ˈryɔ ryɪx /

noun

  1. Nicholas Konstantinovich 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.


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But in 1945, she sold her shares, married Svetoslav Roerich and moved to the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, and eventually relocated to Bangalore.

From BBC

"After her marriage to Roerich, she probably got the life she wanted," Ms Desai says.

From BBC

There’s the sentimental music and the folkloric costumes, some of which recall Nicholas Roerich’s designs for “The Rite of Spring.”

From Washington Post

Built in 1929, it was conceived by, and for, Nicholas Roerich, another artist whose name is trailed by a list of accomplishments in different fields.

From New York Times

The libretto, devised by Stravinsky with Nicholas Roerich, the ballet’s set and costume designer, was printed in the program for the original performance, in 1913, and what it says didn’t just control Nijinsky’s ballet.

From The New Yorker