1986 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

Events

Exhibition of works by Elena Kostenko was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[1]
Traditional Exhibition of works of Leningrad artists – the Great Patriotic war veterans was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists on the eve of Victory Day (9 May).
Exhibition of works by Boris Lavrenko was opened in the Museum of the Academy of Arts in Leningrad.^[2]
Exhibition of works by Boris Shamanov was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[3]
Exhibition of works by Yaroslav Nikolaev (1899–1978) was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[4]
Exhibition of works by Piotr Fomin was opened in the «Manezh» Central Exhibition Hall in the Moscow.^[5]
Exhibition of works by Piotr Buchkin (1886–1965) was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[6]
Exhibition of works by Yaroslav Krestovsky was opened in the Central House of Artists in Moscow.^[7]

Deaths

February 12 — Elena Skuin (Russian: Скуинь Елена Петровна), Russian soviet painter and graphic artist (b. 1908).
March 27 — Mikhail Poniatov (Russian: Понятов Михаил Осипович), Russian soviet painter (b. 1905).
June 8 — Victor Tsiplakov, (Russian: Цыплаков Виктор Григорьевич), Russian soviet painter, People's Artist of the RSFSR (b. 1915).
June 26 — Vadim Sidur (Russian: Сидур Вадим Абрамович), Russian soviet sculptor (b. 1924).
August 2 — Vsevolod Bazhenov (Russian: Баженов, Всеволод Андреевич), Russian soviet painter (b. 1909).
August 6 — Nikolai Mukho (Russian: Мухо Николай Антонович), Russian soviet painter (b. 1913).

Events