“Lamayuru Monastery,” created by Nicholas Roerich in 1925, is a tempera landscape painting on cardboard measuring 22.5 by 30 centimeters. It belongs to the Symbolism art movement and is housed in the Roerich Museum in Moscow, Russia.
The artwork portrays the Lamayuru Monastery, perched on a mountain ridge, with its cluster of quaint structures set against an undulating landscape. The color palette is dominated by soft, earthy tones, which evoke a sense of tranquility and majesty. The monastery is depicted with a sense of reverence, as it stands amid the stark, serene natural beauty of the surrounding mountains and valleys. The strokes and shapes employed by the artist lend a slightly mystical and timeless quality to the scene, emphasizing the symbolic nature of the monastery as a place of spiritual significance.
