1939 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1939 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian fine arts.

Events
 January 30 — The Sixth Exhibition of the Moscow Union of Artists was opened in the Central Exhibition Hall. Exhibited 780 works of 299 artists. The participants were Vasily Baksheev, Sergey Gerasimov, Mikhail Kuprijanov, Mikhail Matorin, Dmitriy Nalbandyan, Piotr Petrovichev, Arcady Plastov, Piotr Pokarzhevsky, Fyodor Reshetnikov, David Shterenberg, Leonard Turzhansky, and other important Soviet artists.
 March 12 — All-Union Art Exhibition dedicated to 20th Anniversary of Komsomol was opened in Tretyakov gallery in Moscow. Exhibited 903 works of 478 artists. The participants were Piotr Belousov, Aleksandr Deyneka, Piotr Vasiliev, Nina Veselova, Alexei Eremin, Vecheslav Zagonek, Alexander Lubimov, Yuri Neprintsev, Martiros Saryan, and other important Soviet artists.
 March 18 — All-Union Art Exhibition named «Industry of Socialism» was opened in Moscow. Exhibited 1015 works of 459 artists. The participants were Mikhail Avilov, Samuil Adlivankin, Sergey Gerasimov, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Igor Grabar, Boris Ioganson, Aleksandr Laktionov, Alexander Lubimov, Mikhail Platunov, Arcady Rylov, Arcady Plastov, Piotr Pokarzhevsky, Fyodor Reshetnikov, Vladimir Serov, David Shterenberg, and other important Soviet artists.

Births
 February 5 — Irina Getmanskaya (), Soviet Russian painter.
 September 14 — Nina Suzdaleva (), Russian Soviet painter (d. 1988; see 1988 in fine arts of the Soviet Union).

Deaths 
 January 19 — Vladimir Shchuko (), Russian architect (b. 1878).
 February 7 — Boris Grigoriev (), Russian painter and graphic artist (b. 1886).
 February 15 — Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (), Russian painter and art educator (b. 1878).
 May 6 — Konstantin Somov (), Russian painter and graphic artist (b. 1869).
 June 22 — Arcady Rylov (), Russian painter and art educator (b. 1870).
 August 14 — Isaak Brodsky (), Russian painter and art educator (b. 1883).
 September 11 — Konstantin Korovin, (), Russian painter and theater artist (b. 1861).

See also

 List of Russian artists
 List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
 Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
 Russian culture
 1939 in the Soviet Union

References

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 Сталин и люди Советской страны в изобразительном искусстве. Каталог выставки. М., Государственная Третьяковская галерея, 1939.
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See also
1878 in art

Art
Soviet Union