Nicholas Roerich ( 1874 - 1947 ) was a Russian Symbolism, Realism painter, known for mystical landscape and figure painting. Nicholas Roerich s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices greatly surpassing estimated prices, varying from 131200 USD for THE SACRED GROVE, SNEGOUROTCHKA (THE SNOW MAIDEN) in 2004 to a remarkable record 2200000 USD for LAO-TZE in 2006 , b