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1884 Sofiyivka, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire - 1939 Leningrad, USSR. Known for: Social realist portraits of Russian political figures, landscape painting, teaching.
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky, 6 January 1884-14 August 1939) was a Soviet-Jewish painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism*. He is known for his iconic portrayals... Read full biography
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky, 6 January 1884-14 August 1939) was a Soviet-Jewish painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism*. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil... Read full biography
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky, 6 January 1884-14 August 1939) was a Soviet-Jewish painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism*. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution. Brodsky was born in the village of Sofiyivka near Berdyansk in what is now Ukraine to Yisrael, a Jewish merchant. He studied at Odessa Art Academy and the Imperial Academy... Read full biography
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky, 6 January 1884-14 August 1939) was a Soviet-Jewish painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism*. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution. Brodsky was born in the village of Sofiyivka near Berdyansk in what is now 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... Read full biography
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky, 6 January 1884-14 August 1939) was a Soviet-Jewish painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism*. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution. Brodsky was born in the village of Sofiyivka near Berdyansk in what is now 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-cla... Read full biography
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Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky, 6 January 1884-14 August 1939) was a Soviet-Jewish painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism*. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution.
Brodsky was born in the village of Sofiyivka near Berdyansk in what is now 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".
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