The year 1931 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of
Soviet
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and
Russia
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n Fine Arts.
Events
* April 15 — The first exhibition of the ''«Union of Soviet Artists»'' artistic society was opened in Moscow. Exhibited 348 works of 54 authors. The participants were
Arkady Plastov
Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov (russian: Аркадий Александрович Пластов; – 12 May 1972) was a Russian socialist realism, socialist realist painter.
Biography
Plastov was born into a family of icon painters in the vil ...
,
Rudolf Frentz
Rudolf Rudolfovich Frentz (russian: Рудо́льф Рудо́льфович Фре́нц; 23 July 1888 – 27 December 1956) was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator and art teacher who lived and worked in ...
,
Mikhail Avilov
Mikhail Ivanovich Avilov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Ави́лов) (September 6, 1882, Saint Petersburg – April 14, 1954, Leningrad) was a Russian Empire and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningr ...
,
Piotr Buchkin
Piotr Dmitrievich Buchkin (russian: Пё́тр Дми́триевич Бучки́н; 22 January 1886 – 21 June 1965) was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, and art teacher, Honored Arts Worker of the RSFS ...
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Dmitry Kardovsky
Dmitry Nicolajevich Kardovsky (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Кардовский; 5 September 1866 – 9 February 1943) was a Russian artist, illustrator and stage designer.
Biography
He was born near Pereslavl-Zalessky in the ...
,
Mitrofan Grekov
Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov (Russian: Митрофан Борисович Греков; born: Mitrofan Pavlovich Martyshchenko; 15 June Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O. S. 3 June 1882 – Novem ...
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Arcady Rylov
Arkady Alexandrovich Rylov (russian: Арка́дий Алекса́ндрович Рыло́в; – 22 June 1939) was a Russian and Soviet Symbolist painter.
Biography
Rylov was born in the village of Istobensk, in the Vyatka Governorate ...
,
Vasily Svarog,
Konstantin Bogaevsky
Konstantin Fyodorovich Bogaevsky ( uk, Костянти́н Фе́дорович Богає́вський, transcribed ''Kostyantyn Fedorovych Bohayevskyi''; russian: Константин Фёдорович Богаевский, transcribed ''Ko ...
,
Konstantin Rudakov
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,
Nikolai Dormidontov
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People Royalty
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* Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Niko ...
, and other important Russian artists.
* May 12 — The exhibition named ''«Socialist Construction in the Visual Arts»'' was opened in Moscow in the Museum of the Revolution. Exhibited 128 works of 76 authors. The participants were
Isaak Brodsky
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (russian: Исаак Израилевич Бродский; uk, Іса́к Ізраїльович Бро́дський, – 14 August 1939) was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movem ...
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Igor Grabar
Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (russian: И́горь Эммануи́лович Граба́рь, 25 March 1871 in Budapest – 16 May 1960 in Moscow) was a Russian post-impressionism, post-impressionist painter, publisher, restorer and historian ...
,
Rudolf Frentz
Rudolf Rudolfovich Frentz (russian: Рудо́льф Рудо́льфович Фре́нц; 23 July 1888 – 27 December 1956) was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator and art teacher who lived and worked in ...
, and other important Russian artists.
* August 1 — ''«The Anti-Imperialist Exhibition»'' was opened in Moscow in the Central Park of Culture and Leisure. Exhibited 476 works of 175 authors. The participants were
Alexander Osmerkin
Alexander Alexandrovich Osmerkin (; - June 25, 1953) was a Russian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, and art teacher. He was a member of the Knave of Diamonds avant-garde group, AKhRR, and ''Society of Moscow Artists'' (OMKh) groups. Si ...
,
Sergei Gerasimov,
Alexander Deyneka
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Дейне́ка; May 20, 1899 – June 12, 1969) was a Soviet and Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Ru ...
, and other important Russian artists.
[''Каталог антиимпериалистической выставки, организованной Федерацией объединений советских художников''. М.-Л., Огиз-Изогиз, 1931.]
Births
* February 16 —
Irina Dobrekova
Irina Mikhailovna Dobrekova (russian: Ири́на Миха́йловна Добряко́ва; born 16 February 1931, Leningrad, USSR) is a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Pe ...
(russian: link=no, Добрякова Ирина Михайловна), Russian Soviet painter.
* March 15 —
Vladislav Levant (russian: link=no, Левант Владислав Львович), Russian Soviet painter, Honored Art worker of the Russian Federation (d.
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
).
* April 26 —
Vera Nazina
Vera Ivanovna Nazina (russian: Ве́ра Ива́новна На́зина; born 26 April 1931 in Leningrad, USSR) - Soviet Russian painter, Graphic artist, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Art ...
(russian: link=no, Назина Вера Ивановна), Russian Soviet painter.
* May 7 —
Misha Brusilovsky
Misha Brusilovsky (born Mikhail Brussilovsky; 7 May 1931 – 3 November 2016) was a Russian artist, painter and graphic artist. He was a Member of the Russian union of artists, '' an honored artist of the Russian Federation'', a distinguished m ...
(russian: link=no, Брусиловский Миша Шаевич), Russian Soviet painter,
''Honoured artist of the Russian Federation''.
Deaths
* January 12 —
Mikhail Guzhavin
Mikhail Markelovich Guzhavin (Russian: Михаил Маркелович Гужавин; 17 February 1888, Guzhavino, Urzhumsky District — 12 January 1931, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian landscape painter and graphic artist.
Biography
He was ...
(russian: link=no, Гужавин Михаил Маркелович), Russian soviet landscape painter (b.
1888
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).
See also
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List of Russian artists
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List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Len ...
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Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...
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Russian culture
Russian culture (russian: Культура России, Kul'tura Rossii) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and Western culture, Western influence. Russian ...
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1931 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1931 in the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
* General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
* List of heads of state of the Soviet Uni ...
References
Sources
* ''Каталог 1-й выставки общества «Союз Советских художников»''. М., Художник, 1931.
* ''Каталог выставки «Социалистическое строительство в изобразительном искусстве».'' М., Музей Революции СССР, 1931.
* ''Каталог антиимпериалистической выставки, организованной Федерацией объединений советских художников''. М.-Л., Огиз-Изогиз, 1931.
* ''Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biobibliography Dictionary. Vol. 1.'' Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1970.
* ''Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biobibliography Dictionary. Vol. 2.'' Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1972.
* ''Directory of Members of Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1,2.'' Moscow, Soviet Artist Edition, 1979.
* ''Directory of Members of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980.
* ''Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biobibliography Dictionary. Vol. 4 Book 1''. Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1983.
* ''Directory of Members of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' – Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987.
* ''Персональные и групповые выставки советских художников. 1917-1947 гг.'' М., Советский художник, 1989.
* ''Artists of peoples of the USSR. Biobibliography Dictionary. Vol. 4 Book 2''. – Saint Petersburg: Academic project humanitarian agency, 1995.
* ''Link of Times: 1932 – 1997. Artists – Members of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists of Russia. Exhibition catalogue''. – Saint Petersburg: Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, 1997.
* ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. – London: Izomar, 1998.
* ''Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism.'' – Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001.
* ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' – Saint-Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – , .
* ''Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 – 2005.'' – Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007.
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