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TWO BOOKS ON FOLLOWERS OF
ARTIST NICHOLAS ROERICH
THE ART OF E. H. BREWSTER & ACHSAH BREWSTER
By M. S. Randhawa
New Delhi: Dhoomi Mal Dharam Das
c. 1944 [since the text implies Achsah Brewster was still
alive]
pp. viii + 20 tipped-in plates [2 in colour] including a
photographic portrait of E. H. Brewster
Stiff wrappers with dustjacket covered in glassine. The
cover also has a plate pasted on it.
14.5 x 11 inches
Earl Henry Brewster [1878-1957] was an American
painter, writer, and scholar, best known today for
his close friendship with D. H. Lawrence and for his
compilation of the life of the Buddha, published in 1926.
He married Achsah Barlow Brewster [1878-1945], also
an artist. After living in Italy for 20 years they moved
to Almora in the Himalayas in 1935 and lived there
until death. Their work was deeply influenced by their
contemporary, Russian artist-philosopher Nicholas
Roerich, also living in the Himalayas.
THE ART OF THE ANAGARIKA GOVINDA
By R. C. TANDAN
Published in 1940 by Kitabistan, Allahabad and London
Printed in Allahabad
Issued in the Series of the Roerich Centre of Art and
Culture, Allahabad
First published in 1937, this is an enlarged edition
pp. 102 with colour frontispiece which is a tipped-in
plate, 21 b&w plates + 2 full-page line drawings
Has portrait of the artist with tissue guard
At the end there is a 2-page list of other publications of
Roerich Centre
Size 7.5 x 5 inches
Anagarika B. Govinda [1898-1985] was born Ernst
Lothar Hoffmann andwas of German-French origin
who became a Buddhist monk. His art is obviously
influenced by Roerich. He was the founder of the
order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala and an expositor
of Tibetan Buddhism, Abhidharma, and Buddhist
meditation as well as other aspects of Buddhism. He
was also a painter and poet.
Paper-covered boards. Frontispiece mount a little
crumpled.
Rs 60,000-Rs 80,000
$925-$1,235