Enso Zen Circle - Japanese Painting - Art Prints Nicholas Roerich Most Famous Paintings applying the paint in both

applying the paint in both vertical and horizontal strokes

"Lovers in the Red Sky" portrays a woman and her lover flying over an eastern European Jewish town

he kept himself in touch with every progressive idea and movement in the outer world and often guided them with his wisdom and practical help

and delusions—it was during this time that he infamously sheared off the upper part of his right ear—he was no longer able to live without professional assistance

Sadhu with traditional painted face and wearing traditional attire by the sacred Ganges river in Varanasi

Enso Zen Circle - Japanese Painting - Art Prints Nicholas Roerich Most Famous Paintings applying the paint in bothEns is a Japanese calligraphic ink paintingsumi e () intimately related to the practice of Zen. The ens symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and mu (the void). Within a circle drawn in ink, a monk can fully represent a determined spiritual moment. The circle may be open or closed. Ens embodies the act of imprinting the artists essence through a single stunning circular stroke. A circle as a vast space, which does not