1940 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

See also: 1940 in art

The year 1940 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

Events

• February 18 — The Fifth Exhibition of works of Leningrad artists was opened in the halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[1]
• March 30 — The Sixth Exhibition of works of Leningrad artists was opened in the halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[2]
• In Leningrad was opened the Memorial Apartment of the artist Isaak Brodsky, in which he lived for the past 15 years. It exhibited a collection of paintings and drawings by Russian artists, donated to the Soviet State the artist's family after his death.

Births

• June 7 — Valery Lednev (Russian: Леднев Валерий Александрович), People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Deaths

• May 31 — Aleksei Kravchenko (Russian: Кравченко Алексей Ильич), Russian Soviet graphic artist (b. 1889).
• June 5 — Vasily Kozlov (Russian: Козлов Василий Васильевич), Russian Soviet sculptor (b. 1887).
• December 23 — Filipp Malyavin (Russian: Малявин Филипп Андреевич), Russian Soviet painter (b. 1869).

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  Filipp Malyavin

See also

• List of Russian artists
• List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Russian culture
• 1940 in the Soviet Union