1986 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

See also: 1986 in art

The year 1986 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

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).

See also

• List of Russian artists
• List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Russian culture
• 1986 in the Soviet Union