1948 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1948 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian fine arts.

Events
 The Repin Institute of Arts graduated young artists Lev Bogomolets, Pavel Boronkin, Nikolai Brandt, Vitaly Valtsev, Praskovia Derbizova, Semion Levenkov, Semion Rotnitsky, Ivan Sorokin, Lev Chegorovsky, Lidya Sharleman, and others.
 May 8 — The Fine Art Exhibition named «30th Years of the Soviet Armed Forces» was opened in Moscow in the Pushkin museum. The participants were Mikhail Avilov, Olga Bogaevskaya, Isaak Brodsky, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Mitrofan Grekov, Yuri Neprintsev, Yaroslav Nikolaev, Alexander Samokhvalov, and other important Soviet artists.
 The House of creation named Academicheskaya Dacha was opened in Tver Province near the Vyshny Volochyok town at the eight kilometers from the railway station in a picturesque location on the banks of Msta River and Mstino lake.

Deaths
 February 26 — Lev Bruny (), Russian soviet artist (born 1894).
 May 1 — David Shterenberg (), Russian soviet painter and graphic artist (born 1881).
 November 15 — Nikolai Ionin (), Russian soviet painter and graphic artist (born 1890).

See also
 List of Russian artists
 List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
 Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
 Russian culture
 1948 in the Soviet Union

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