Svetoslav Roerich

Svetoslav Roerich
AI-upscaled version of a photograph of Roerich from 1945
Born(1904-10-23)23 October 1904
Died30 January 1993(1993-01-30) (aged 88)
Resting placeBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Nationality
  • Russian (1904–1917)
  • Stateless (1917–1960)
  • Indian (1960–1993)
SpouseDevika Rani (1945–1993)
Parents
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Svetoslav or Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Roerich[a] (Russian: Святослав Николаевич Рерих; 23 October 1904 – 30 January 1993) was a Russian-Indian painter based in India. He was the son of Helena and Nicholas Roerich and studied from a young age under his father's tutelage.[1] 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.


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  1. ^ Skumin, V. A.; Aunovsky, O. K. (1995). Светоносцы (о семье Рерихов) [The Bringers of the Light (The story of the Roerich family).] (in Russian). Novocheboksarsk: TEROS. ISBN 5-88167-004-3. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2015.