Supported by The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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Supported by The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich

Main name
Sunset. “Holy mountains” series
1933
tempera on canvas
47×79 cm
25733 КП
5485 II
Location of the works
The State Museum of Oriental Art

Behind the blue-black spurs of the mountains, against a clear blue sky, bright orange peaks of rocks are illuminated by the setting sun. The contrasting color combinations, that are often used by N. Roerich, were not created in the imagination of the artist, but noticed in the very nature of the mountain peaks in the moments of sunrise or sunset, during night observations, at the change of the seasons…