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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 93. Chapters: Gustav Klimt, Edvard Munch, Gustave Moreau, Henri Fantin-Latour, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Odilon Redon, Nicholas Roerich, Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti, Romaine Brooks, Mahirwan Mamtani, Fernand Khnopff, Erwin Puchinger, George Frederic Watts, Viktor Vasnetsov, Jean Delville, James Ensor, Mikhail Vrubel, Ştefan Luchian, Elihu Vedder, Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar, Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, Ignat Bednarik, Arnold Bocklin, Victor Borisov-Musatov, Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary, Ivan Milev, Maurice Denis, Norma Bessouet, Fedir Krychevsky, Hugo Simberg, Franz Stuck, Giovanni Segantini, Eugene Carriere, Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, Jan Toorop, Max Klinger, Mikhail Nesterov, Max Kurzweil, Arkady Rylov, Cecile Walton, Fidus, Carlos Schwabe, Edmond Aman-Jean, Jan Frans De Boever, Louis Welden Hawkins, William Degouve de Nuncques, Alphonse Osbert, Edgar Maxence, Kai Fjell, Henry de Groux, Jacek Malczewski, August Malmstrom, Ary Renan, Alexandre Seon, Maurice Chabas. Excerpt: Nicholas Roerich, also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Russian: October 9 1874 - December 13, 1947), was a Russian mystic, painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure. A prolific artist, he created thousands of paintings (many of them are exhibited in well-known museums of the world) and about 30 literary works. Roerich was an author and initiator of an international pact for the protection of artistic and academic institutions and historical sites (Roerich's Pact) and a founder of an international movement for the defence of culture. Roerich earned several nominations for the Nobel Prize. Roerich in translation from the ancient Scandinavian means "rich of fame" (Ro Rich). Members of Roerich's family occupied prominent military and administrative posts in Russia since the reign of Peter I. Nicholas Roerich's father...