Roerich

[rur-ik, ryaw-ryikh]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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In letters to her second husband - Russian artist Svetoslav Roerich - whom she met and married a few years after Rai's death, Devika Rani documented how he had started treating her badly, forcing her to work hard even when she was sick with a high temperature.

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

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

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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.

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