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(Redirected from Isaak Brodskiy) Soviet painter In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Izrailevich and the family name is Brodsky.
Isaak Brodsky
BornIsaak Izrailevich Brodsky
6 January 1884 [O.S. 25 December 1883]
Sofiyivka, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
Died14 August 1939(1939-08-14) (aged 55)
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Resting placeVolkovo Cemetery, St. Petersburg
Nationality
EducationOdessa Art Academy
Known forPainting
MovementSocialist realism
AwardsOrder of Lenin
Self-portrait

Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (Russian: Исаа́к Изра́илевич Бро́дский, Ukrainian: Іса́к Ізраїльович Бро́дський; 6 January 1884 [O.S. 25 December 1883] – 14 August 1939) was a Russian painter and draughtsman of Jewish descent best known for his portrayals of Vladimir Lenin and other Soviet leaders, renowned as blueprint examples of the Socialist realist style.

Life and career

Portrait of Brodsky by Ilya Repin, 1913

Brodsky was born in the village of Sofiyivka near Berdyansk in modern day Ukraine to Yisrael, a Jewish merchant. He studied at Odessa Art Academy and the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. In 1916, he joined the Jewish Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. When Brodsky asked Lenin to autograph his painting Lenin, he said: "I am signing to what I don't agree with for the first time".

Brodsky was on good terms with many leading Russian painters, including his mentor, Ilya Repin. He was an avid art collector who donated numerous first-class paintings to museums in his native Ukraine and elsewhere. His art collection included important works by Repin, Vasily Surikov, Valentin Serov, Isaak Levitan, Mikhail Vrubel, and Boris Kustodiev.

Brodsky was an Honoured Artist of the Russian SFSR and a member of the Union of Russian Artists. He was the first painter to be awarded the Order of Lenin. In 1934, he was appointed Director of the All-Russian Academy of Arts. From 1934 to 1939, he was also a head of personal Art workshop in institute, where his pupils included the well-known Soviet painters: Nikolai Timkov, Alexander Laktionov, Yuri Neprintsev, Piotr Belousov, Piotr Vasiliev, Mikhail Kozell and others. He died in Leningrad in 1939. His memoirs were published posthumously. After his death, Brodsky's apartment on Arts Square in St. Petersburg was declared a national museum. His art collection is still on exhibit there.

Gallery

  • Ludmila Burluk, 1906 Ludmila Burluk, 1906
  • Cavalry Officer, 1909 Cavalry Officer, 1909
  • Fairy Tale, 1911 Fairy Tale, 1911
  • Alexander Kerensky, 1918 Alexander Kerensky, 1918
  • Lenin and soldiers of Red Army on the way to Poland, 1920 Lenin and soldiers of Red Army on the way to Poland, 1920
  • Lenin during the 2nd Congress of the International, 1924 Lenin during the 2nd Congress of the International, 1924
  • Lenin's Funeral, 1925 Lenin's Funeral, 1925
  • Joseph Stalin, 1928 Joseph Stalin, 1928
  • Lenin at Putilov factory at May 1917, 1929 Lenin at Putilov factory at May 1917, 1929
  • Kliment Voroshilov, 1929 Kliment Voroshilov, 1929
  • Mikhail Frunze, 1929 Mikhail Frunze, 1929
  • Day of Constitution, 1930 Day of Constitution, 1930
  • Alley in a Park, 1930 Alley in a Park, 1930
  • Lenin in Smolny, 1930 Lenin in Smolny, 1930
  • State Portrait of Stalin, 1933 State Portrait of Stalin, 1933
  • Maxim Gorky, 1937 Maxim Gorky, 1937

See also

References

  1. "Stoletie.ru". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-11-24.
  2. MJCC.ru Archived 2007-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. The Leningrad School of painting. Historical outline. (Russian).
  4. "Ленинградский художник Бродский Исаак Израилевич". Socialist Realism. Kiev club of collectors.
  5. Webpage of the Isaak Brodsky Museum Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.

Publications

Further reading

External links

Painters of the Leningrad Union of Artists of 1932–1991
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