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 (Леднев Валерий Александрович), People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Deaths

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