title: 1940 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
text: # 1940 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
  
  The year 1940 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.
  
  ## Events
  
  * February 18 — The Fifth Exhibition of works of Leningrad artists was opened in the halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists.
  * March 30 — The Sixth Exhibition of works of Leningrad artists was opened in the halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists.
  * In Leningrad was opened the Memorial Apartment of the artist Isaak Brodsky, in which he lived for the past 15 years. It exhibited a collection of paintings and drawings by Russian artists, donated to the Soviet State the artist's family after his death.
  
  ## Births
  
  * June 7 — Valery Lednev (Russian: Леднев Валерий Александрович), People's Artist of the RSFSR.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * May 31 — Aleksei Kravchenko (Russian: Кравченко Алексей Ильич), Russian Soviet graphic artist (b. 1889).
  * June 5 — Vasily Kozlov (Russian: Козлов Василий Васильевич), Russian Soviet sculptor (b. 1887).
  * December 23 — Filipp Malyavin (Russian: Малявин Филипп Андреевич), Russian Soviet painter (b. 1869).
  * Filipp Malyavin
  