1933 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1933 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

Events
 The Exhibition of Portrait painting was opened in March in the Russian museum in Leningrad. Exhibited works of 76 authors. The participants were Isaak Brodsky, Pavel Filonov, Nikolai Kostrov, Mikhail Platunov, Victoria Belakovskaya, and other important contemporary soviet artists.
 April 2 — The Soviet government approved the «Regulations of the All-Russian Academy of Fine Arts».
 June 27 — Exhibition named «Artists of the RSFSR for the 15 years. 1917-1932» was opened in Moscow in the halls of the Historical Museum. This exhibition was shown a year earlier in Leningrad in the Russian museum.
 June 30 — Exhibition named «15 Years of Workers and Peasants Red Army» was opened in Moscow in the Central Park of Culture and Leisure. The participants were Isaak Brodsky, Piotr Buchkin, Boris Ioganson, Dmitry Kardovsky, Rudolf Frentz, Sergey Gerasimov, Alexander Savinov, Nikolai Dormidontov, Alexander Lubimov, Victor Oreshnikov, and other important contemporary soviet artists.
 Was founded Voronezh Fine Art museum named after Ivan Kramskoy.

Births
 January 27 — Valery Vatenin (), Russian Soviet painter (died 1977).
 February 7 — Yuri Mezhirov (), Russian Soviet painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
 February 19 — Elena Gorokhova (), Russian Soviet painter.
 October 5 — Erik Bulatov (), Russian Soviet artist, one of the founder of Sots Art.
 December 2 — Georgy Kovenchuk (, Soviet and Russian artist and writer.

Deaths 
 January 23 — Apollinary Vasnetsov, Russian painter and graphic artist specialized in scenes from the medieval history of Moscow (born 1856).

See also

 List of Russian artists
 List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
 Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
 Russian culture
 1933 in the Soviet Union

References

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