1942 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

The year 1942 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian fine arts.

• January 1 — Exhibition «Landscape of our Motherland» was opened in the Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow. Exhibited 188 works of painting and agraphics of 88 authors. The participants were Pyotr Konchalovsky, Nikolay Krymov, Alexander Osmerkin, Konstantin Yuon, and other important Soviet artists.^[1]
• January 2 — «The First Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists during the Great Patriotic War» was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[2] In August, the exhibition was shown in Moscow. The participants were Ivan Bilibin, Vladimir Konashevich, Aleksandr Laktionov, Vladimir Lebedev, Vsevolod Lyshev, Yaroslav Nikolaev, and other important Leningrad artists.

• January 29 — Vladimir Grinberg (Russian: Гринберг Владимир Ариевич), Russian Soviet painter, graphic artist, and art educator. Died of hunger in blockade Leningrad (b. 1896).
• February 2 — David Zagoskin (Russian: Загоскин Давид Ефимович), Russian Soviet painter, graphic artist, and art educator. Died of hunger in blockade Leningrad (b. 1900).
• February 5 — Karev Alexei (Russian: Карев Алексей Еремеевич), Russian Soviet painter, graphic artist, and art educator. Died of hunger in blockade Leningrad (b. 1879).
• February 7 — Ivan Bilibin (Russian: Билибин Иван Яковлевич), Russian Soviet painter, graphic artist, and art educator. Died of hunger in blockade Leningrad (b. 1876).
• February 9 — Nikolai Bublikov (Russian: Бубликов Николай Евлампиевич), Russian Soviet marine painter. Died of hunger in blockade Leningrad (b. 1871).
• February 19 — Vasily Fyodorov (Russian: Фёдоров Василий Фёдорович), Russian Soviet painter. Died of hunger in blockade Leningrad (b. 1894).
• February 23 — Alexei Pochtenny (Russian: Почтенный Алексей Петрович), Russian Soviet painter and graphic artist. Died of hunger in blockade Leningrad (b. 1895).
• February 25 — Alexander Savinov (Russian: Савинов Александр Иванович), Russian Soviet painter, graphic artist, and art educator. Died of hunger in blockade Leningrad (b. 1881).
• October 18 — Mikhail Nesterov (Russian: Нестеров Михаил Васильевич), Russian Soviet painter, Honored Art worker of Russian Federation (b. 1862).
• December 29 — Nikolai Radlov (Russian: Радлов Николай Эрнестович), Russian Soviet artist and art critic (b. 1889).

• Dmitry Kiplik (Russian: Киплик Дмитрий Иосифович), Russian Soviet painter and art educator (b. 1865).

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  Vladimir Grinberg, (self-portrait)
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  Nikolai Radlov
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  Mikhail Nesterov
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  Ivan Bilibin

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