1936 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

The year 1936 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian fine arts.

Events

 * The first graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts after its reorganization in the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture under the All-Russian Academy of Arts.
 * Retrospective Exhibition of works by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin was opened in Moscow and in Leningrad.
 * November 17 — The Autumn Exhibition of Leningrad artists was opened in Russian museum. The participants were Victor Oreshnikov, Alexander Samokhvalov, Samuil Nevelshtein, Nikolai Kostrov, and other important Leningrad artists.

Births

 * March 7 — Tamara Polosatova (Полосатова Тамара Владимировна), Russian Soviet painter.
 * March 16 — Boris Kuznetsov (Кузнецов Борис Николаевич), Russian Soviet painter.
 * December 31 — Victor Korovin (Коровин Виктор Иванович), Russian Soviet painter.

Deaths

 * February 23 — Sergey Chekhonin (Чехонин Сергей Васильевич), Russian Soviet graphic artist (b. 1878)