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site for an artist mentioned by HPL

Ria

17:13 / 23.01.02

in "At the Mountains of Madness" I think.

here ya go...
http://www.roerich.org/collection.html

The Return Of Rothkoid

20:18 / 23.01.02

Mmm, Roerich. I dug up that site a couple of years ago: have used some of the pictures as backgrounds on and off.

I particularly like the scenes that are almost devoid of people: there's a wonderful give between the guy's quasi-realism and the almost Group Of Seven-like colouring and stuff.

(Which reminds me: anyone who can get me Group Of 7 postcards will forever rock.)

Mystery Gypt

01:26 / 24.01.02

oh hey... i've been to that museum! i even got the cool button with the 3-circle logo. very mysterious looking. i believe that it, like so much else, is lost.

deja_vroom

07:58 / 24.01.02

Hey, Rothkoid, what's the group of 7??

The Return Of Rothkoid

08:10 / 24.01.02

The Group Of Seven were a group of Canadian artists who got together in the early 1900s. You can buy some stuff here - it's a site that's got histories and print sales and such. Nice site.

Personally, I think Lawren Harris' stuff is awesome. Same sort of feel as some of Roerich's stuff, in a big way.

More history here.

But don't ask me - ask wembley. Ze can tell you much more. As can most BarbeCanucks, I'm betting.

[ 24-01-2002: Message edited by: The Return Of Rothkoid ]

mondo a-go-go

08:31 / 25.01.02

surely someone from toronto could pick 'em up from the royal ontario museum? wembley, betty woo, zoom or moriarty?

hmm...actually, come to think of it, there might not have been any decent postcards to pick up, or i would've brought some home myself...

they do have some fabulously weird lighting/colouring going on, don't they?

The Return Of Rothkoid

11:58 / 25.01.02

quote:Originally posted by Kooky wants to be a Cockette:
hmm...actually, come to think of it, there might not have been any decent postcards to pick up, or i would've brought some home myself... I think that's the way: I was at the gallery when I was last in TO, and their range of merchandise didn't seem to be that large, alas. Fuh.

But yet - I love the colours. They're fantastically.. well, y'know. Evocative. Eerie.

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