Isaak Brodsky
1884-1939 Ukraine/Socialist Realism
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Brief Biography-Isaak Brodsky, a painter of Russian political themes, was born in Berdyansk in 1884. A disciple of Ilya Repin, he studied at the Odessa Art Academy and later the Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts. He was awarded the Order of Lenin and became Director of the Russian Academy of Arts in 1934. His apartment on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg is a national museum with many of his paintings on display. |
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