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 (), People's Artist of the RSFSR. Deaths 
 May 31 — Aleksei Kravchenko (), Russian Soviet graphic artist (b. 1889). June 5 — Vasily Kozlov (), Russian Soviet sculptor (b. 1887). December 23 — Filipp Malyavin (), Russian Soviet painter (b. 1869). See also

 List of Russian artists
 List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
 Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
 Russian culture
 1940 in the Soviet Union

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