ROERICH MTNS.

Mountain study. c. 1925–34
Red Horses. 1926

Kanchenjunga. 1936

Everest Range. From “Himalayan” series. 1924

Nicholas Roerich was a Russian guru—also a painter, philosopher,
scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure. Upon watching hours of
television in Florida I rediscovered via the Discovery channel the works
of Roerich. The paintings were familiar to me. And then I remembered
I had visited to the [...]

FLOWERING POWER.

Flower powers from Russia. These flowers are from my most favorite collections, Prokudin-Gorskii housed in the Library of Congress archives. The power really lies within the colors the photographs exude. The brightness of leaves, flowers, trees, grasses pull me into the world of the Russian Empire circa 1905. More Russia love here and here. and [...]

BELARUSIAN TOWELS.

via Belarus Guide

VARVARA.

NisN research assignment requested by August Heffner on Varvara Stepanova, Russian constructivist. She was professor of textile design at the Vkhutemas (Higher Technical Artistic Studios) while continuing typography, book design and contributing to the magazine L.E.F. —What a total knock out!  There is this book, this article, and I only wish there was a show [...]

PARTY IN THE USSR.

via English Russia

STRONG GIRL.

Varvara Akulova ‘Strongest Girl in the World’ via English Russia

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