Ananda Coomaraswamy with Stella Bloch, c. 1922Ananda Coomaraswamy with Stella Bloch, c. 1922
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Stella Bloch Papers Relating to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Box 6, Folder 5; Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
A pioneering historian and philosopher, Ananda Coomaraswamy transformed Western perceptions of Indian art through his writings and personal collection of Rajput and Moghul paintings. He donated these works to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, when he served as its first Keeper of Indian Art. Coomaraswamy married American artist Stella Bloch in 1922. While they divorced eight years later, they remained close friends.