The year 1938 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of
Soviet and
Russian Fine Arts.
Events
* January 20 — Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphics, made under the contracts of 1937 year, was opened in Moscow. Exhibited 153 works of 117 artists. The participants were
Vasily Baksheev,
Nikolay Krymov
Nikolay Petrovich Krymov (russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Кры́мов; May 2, 1884— May 6, 1958) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art theoretician.
Biography
Krymov was born into an artistic family. He studied ...
,
Pavel Kuznetsov,
Alexander Kuprin,
Aristarkh Lentulov
Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov (russian: Аристарх Васильевич Лентулов; 15 April 1943) was a major Russian avant-garde artist of Cubist orientation who also worked on set designs for the theatre.
Biography
Aristar ...
,
Mikhail Matorin,
Ilya Mashkov,
Georgy Nissky
Georgy Grigoryevich Nissky (; 21 January 1903 – 18 June 1987) was a prominent Soviet painter and a founder of the severe style.
In 2019, an exhibition of his work was held at the Institute of Russian Realist Art.
Biography
Nessky was born i ...
,
Alexander Osmerkin,
Piotr Petrovichev,
Piotr Pokarzhevsky,
Pavel Radimov,
Martiros Saryan,
Leonard Turzhansky,
Nadezhda Udaltsova, and other important Soviet artists.
* May 6 — Exhibition named «20 Years of Workers and Peasants Red Army and Navy» was opened in Moscow. Exhibited 451 works of 236 artists. The participants were
Vasily Baksheev,
Piotr Belousov,
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 ...
,
Piotr Buchkin,
Alexander Deyneka,
Nikolai Dormidontov,
Rudolf Frentz,
Alexander Lubimov,
Yuri Neprintsev,
Vladimir Serov,
Konstantin Yuon, and other important Soviet artists.
[''Художественная выставка «ХХ лет РККА и Военно-морского флота». Каталог''. М., Военгиз, 1938.]
Births
* January 16 —
Victor Abramian
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French sho ...
(russian: Абрамян Виктор Ашотович), Russian Soviet painter (died
2008
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).
* August 1 —
Konstantin Ivanov (russian: Иванов Константин Кириллович), Russian Soviet painter.
Deaths
* February 5 —
Sergey Vynogradov Sergey may refer to:
* Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Sergey, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland
* ''Sergey'' (wasp), a genus in subfamily Doryctinae
The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps a ...
(russian: Виноградов Сергей Арсеньевич),
Russian painter (born
1869
Events
January–March
* January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
* January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
* January 20 – E ...
).
* February 26 —
Aleksandr Drevin
Aleksandr Davydovich Drevin (russian: Александр Давыдович Древин, lv, Aleksandrs Rūdolfs Drēviņš, 3 July 1889 – 26 February 1938) was a Latvian-Russian painter.
Biography
Drevin was born in Cēsis, Lat ...
(russian: Древин Александр Давыдович),
Russian painter (born
1869
Events
January–March
* January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
* January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
* January 20 – E ...
).
* May 12 —
Alexandre Jacovleff
Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff (also spelt Iacovleff or Yakovlev, russian: Александр Евгеньевич Яковлев; – 12 May 1938) was a neoclassicist painter, draughtsman, designer and etcher.
Biography
Alexandre was the son ...
(russian: Яковлев Александр Евгеньевич),
Russian painter (born
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
).
Image:Drevin-Selfportrait.jpg, Aleksandr Drevin
Aleksandr Davydovich Drevin (russian: Александр Давыдович Древин, lv, Aleksandrs Rūdolfs Drēviņš, 3 July 1889 – 26 February 1938) was a Latvian-Russian painter.
Biography
Drevin was born in Cēsis, Lat ...
Image:Alexander yakovlev, autoritratto, 1917.JPG, Alexandre Jacovleff
Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff (also spelt Iacovleff or Yakovlev, russian: Александр Евгеньевич Яковлев; – 12 May 1938) was a neoclassicist painter, draughtsman, designer and etcher.
Biography
Alexandre was the son ...
See also
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List of Russian artists
This is a list of Russians artists. In this context, the term "Russian" covers the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities living in Ru ...
*
List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
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Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
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Russian culture
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1938 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1938 in the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
* General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
* Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme ...
References
Sources
* ''Художественная выставка «ХХ лет РККА и Военно-морского флота». Каталог''. М., Военгиз, 1938.
* ''Выставка живописи, скульптуры и графики художников-контрактантов. 1937 г. Каталог.'' М., Искусство, 1938.
* ''С. Коровкевич. Молодые живописцы Академии''// Советское искусство, 24 ноября 1938.
* ''Выставка кружков повышения квалификации художников Ленизо''. Л., 1938.
* ''Каталог выставки женщин-художников в помещении клуба театральных работников''. Л., 1938.
* ''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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