Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky
Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky (21 January 1905 – 7 August 1993) was a Soviet painter, member of Amaravella group. (In Sanskrit language Amaravella means immortality sprouts). He was influenced by ideas of Russian cosmism and eastern mysticism.
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Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky
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- Born
- 1905 · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 1993 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russia
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Russian
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• Birth Name — Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky • Born — 21 January 1905 • Died — 7 August 1993 Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky (21 January 1905 – 7 August 1993) was a Soviet painter, member of Amaravella group. (In Sanskrit language Amaravella means immortality sprouts). He was influenced by ideas of Russian cosmism and eastern mysticism.
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• 1905 - Born on 21 January in St.Petersburg • 1917 - Moved to Moscow with family • 1922 - Joined the Moscow Engineering Financial University • 1923 - The first exhibition in Moscow • 1941-1955 - Imprisoned in Saratov and then in Rybinsk, Akmolinsk and Makinsk • 1956 - Rehabilitated after 20th Congress of the CPSU. Returns to Moscow • 1967 - Personal exhibition in Moscow • 1969 - Second personal exhibition in Moscow • 1979-1993 - Exhibitions in Moscow, Kiev, Pskov, Mongolia, Finland, Berlin and other places • 1993 - Smirnov-Rusetsky died on 7 August in St.Petersburg
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