Nicholas Roerich was a Russian painter, philosopher, archaeologist, and peace activist who created some of the most luminous visionary landscapes of the 20th century. His thousands of paintings of the Himalayas, Tibet, and Central Asia glow with an unearthly spiritual light. He designed the sets for Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring,' founded a peace movement that resulted in an international treaty protecting cultural monuments, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
