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Svetoslav Roerich Svetoslav Roerich (1904-January 9, 1993) Russian painter, son of Nicholas Roerich, studied from a young age under his father's tutelage. He studied architecture in England in 1919. He entered Columbia University's school of architecture in 1920. He won the Grand Prix of the Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1926. 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 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. 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.
The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes
that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the
world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even
draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend
to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces
can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from
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