Svetoslav Roerich
Svetoslav Roerich
- Geburt:
- 23.10.1904
- Tot:
- 30.01.1993
- Zusätzliche namen:
- Святослав Рерих, Svjatoslavs Rērihs, Святослáв Николáевич Рéрих,
- Kategorien:
- Akademiemitglied, Figur des öffentlichen Lebens, Künstler, Maler, bezug auf die Republik Lettland
- Nationalitäten:
- lette, deutsche, russisch, däne
- Friedhof:
- Geben Sie den Friedhof
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich Russian painter, son of Nicholas Roerich, studied from a young age under his father's tutelage. He studied architecture in England in 1919 and entered Columbia University's school of architecture in 1920. He won the Grand Prix of the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 Honours and awards
- 3 See also
- 4 External links
Biography
He lived for many years in India where Nehru awarded him the International Award and the Padma Bhushan. His paintings of Jawaharlal 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, widow of producer Himanshu Rai and known as "The First Lady of the Indian Screen".
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 the estate got involved in litigation and the case is still in the courts.
Roerich family's residence in Manali, India, is now home for the exquisite 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.
Honours and awards
Roerich postage stamp
This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Padma Bhushan (India)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Order of Madara Horseman (Bulgaria)
- Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru
- Cavalier of the Order of Cyril and Methodius (Bulgaria)
- Honorary Member of the USSR Academy of Arts
- Honorary Doctor of Velikotyrnskogo University (Bulgaria)
- Academician of the Academy of Fine Arts of India
See also
- Nicholas Roerich
- Helena Roerich
- George de Roerich
- 4426 Roerich — minor planet
- Pax Cultura
- Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov — President of International Centre of the Roerichs (Moscow)
Ursache: wikipedia.org
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| Name | Beziehung | Beschreibung | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Nikolai Rerikh | Vater | |
| 2 |  | Georgs (Juris) Rērihs | Brüder | |
| 3 | Boriss Rērihs | Onkel | ||
| 4 |  | Konstantīns Rērihs | Großvater | |
| 5 | Marija Rēriha | Großmutter | ||
| 6 | Frīdrihs Rērihs | Ur-Großvater | ||
| 7 |  | Jekaterina Furzewa | Bekanntschaft |
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