Museum in Manhattan, New York

The Roerich Museum
in Manhattan, 2009
TheNicholas Roerich Museum is a museum on theUpper West Side ofManhattan inNew York City, dedicated to the works ofNicholas Roerich (1874–1947), a Russian-born cosmopolitan artist.
His early accomplishments include devising withIgor Stravinsky the libretto, and creating the sets and costumes for the “Rite of Spring” (1913).
He spent the last 20 years of his life in Kullu valley in theWestern Himalayas, and is famous for his many landscapes of theHimalayas.[1]
Housed in abrownstone at 319 West 107th Street, the museum was originally located in the nearbyMaster Apartments at 103rd Street andRiverside Drive, which were built forNicholas Roerich andHelena Roerich in 1929.[2][3]
The museum includes approximately 150 of Roerich's works as well as a collection of archival materials.[4][5][6][7]
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- ^Christopher Gray (January 29, 1995)."Streetscapes/The Master Apartments; A Restoration for the Home of a Russian Philosopher".The New York Times. RetrievedAugust 25, 2008.
- ^Strausbaugh, John (November 12, 2014)."A Private Upper West Side Museum Salutes a (Forgotten) Russian Superstar".Observer. RetrievedAugust 15, 2021.
- ^"Nicholas Roerich Museum".Atlas Obscura. RetrievedAugust 15, 2021.
- ^"What I've learned: Izabela Grocholski | Christie's". Christie's. February 26, 2021. RetrievedAugust 15, 2021.
- ^Squires, Emily; Len Belzer (2000).Spiritual Places. Cosimo, Inc. p. 86.ISBN 1931044031.
- ^Karlowich, Robert A. (1990).A Guide to Scholarly Resources on the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union in the New York Metropolitan Area. M.E. Sharpe. p. 206.ISBN 0873326199.
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