1940 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
# 1940 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

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.
* March 30 — The Sixth Exhibition of works of Leningrad artists was opened in the halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists.
* 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).
* Filipp Malyavin
