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

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2023

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 • Jan. 12, 2023

When the company was born in 1909, its designers Alexandre Benois, Léon Bakst and Nicholas Roerich combined hues with an intensity hitherto unknown on Western stages.

From New York Times • May 23, 2013

Roerich is most famous for designing the revolutionary ballet The Rite of Spring.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2012

The scenery and the costumes, designed by Bakst, Roerich, Benois, and Larionow, and the music of Rimsky-Korsakow, Tcherepnine, Schumann, Borodine, Balakirew, and Strawinsky—especially Strawinsky—arrived.

From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl