1969 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1969 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.
Events
- The Spring Exhibition of work by Leningrad artists of 1969 was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists. The participants were Vladimir Andreev, Evgenia Antipova, Vsevolod Bazhenov, Veniamin Borisov, Nikolai Galakhov, Irina Dobrekova, Vecheslav Zagonek, Victor Korovin, Boris Kotik, Mikhail Kozell, Sergei Lastochkin, Dmitry Maevsky, Boris Maluev, Alexander Naumov, Yaroskav Nikolaev, Victor Otiev, Lev Ovchinnikov, Yuri Pavlov, Ivan Savenko, Vladimir Sakson, Alexander Semionov, Yuri Shablikin, Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Elena Skuin, German Tatarinov, Ivan Varichev, Valery Vatenin, Lazar Yazgur, and other important Leningrad artists.Exhibition of works by Mikhail Platunov was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
- Exhibition «Ilya Repin and his pupils» was opened in the Museum of the Academy of Arts in Leningrad.
Deaths
- March 1 — Mikhail Kurilko, Russian soviet theatre artist.
- March 6 — Nadya Rusheva, Russian soviet graphic artist.
- May 18 — Yacob Romas, Russian soviet painter, People's Artist of the USSR.
- May 31 — Vasily Vatagin, Russian soviet sculptor, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner.
- June 12 — Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian soviet painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Stalin Prize winner.
- August 30 — Vladislav Anisovich, Russian soviet painter and art educator