Svetoslav Roerich

Svetoslav Nikolayevich Roerich^α (Russian: Святослав Николаевич Рерих; 1904–1993) was a Russian and Indian painter. Born in Saint Petersburg, he was later based in India.

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Svetoslav Roerich
Святослав Рерих
Roerich in 1945
Born	(1904-10-23)23 October 1904 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died	30 January 1993(1993-01-30) (aged 88) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Resting place	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Citizenship	Russian (1904–1917) Stateless (1917–1960) Indian (1960–1993)
Education	Columbia University Harvard University
Spouse	Devika Rani (m. 1945⁠–⁠1993)
Parents	Nicholas Roerich (father) Helena Roerich (mother)
Relatives	George de Roerich (brother)
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Early life and education

Roerich was born on the 23 October 1904 in Saint Petersburg to Helena Roerich and Nicholas Roerich.^[1]^[2]

Roerich studied from a young age under his father's tutelage.^[2] Between 1918–1920, Roerich studied in England.^[3] In 1920, Roerich entered Columbia University and studied architecture.^[3]^[4] Roerich graduated from Harvard University's School of Architecture.^[3]

Biography

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He won the Grand Prix of the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926. He lived for many years in India where Jawaharlal Nehru awarded him the International Award and the Padma Bhushan. His paintings of Nehru and Indira Gandhi, adorn the historic Central Parliament Hall in New Delhi. He was married in 1945 to an Indian movie star Devika Rani, who was once married to producer Himanshu Rai and known as "The First Lady of the Indian Screen". Roerich was born a citizen of the Russian Empire, but became stateless after the Bolshevik Revolution. Resident in India since the 1930s, Roerich became an Indian citizen on 21 March 1960.^[5] Roerich died in 1993 at the age of 88 and is buried in Bangalore, India.^[6]

He was named an Honorary Academician of the Art Academy of the USSR, and was an honorary member of the Bulgarian Academy of Art.

He had a large plantation on the outskirts of Bangalore, called Tataguni, on Kanakpura road. He and Devika Rani lived here; after their respective deaths. In August 2011, the Government of Karnataka acquired the estate after the Supreme Court of India passed the verdict in favour of them.

Roerich family's residence in Manali, India, is now home for a gallery of paintings. It is managed by the International Roerich Trust and has been named Roerich Heritage Museum. The gallery was founded by Svetoslav Roerich in 1962.^[7]

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