Background
Brodskii, Isaak was born on January 6, 1884 in Sofievka in the Ukraine.
Brodskii, Isaak was born on January 6, 1884 in Sofievka in the Ukraine.
Studied at the Odessa Art School, 1896-1902, and the Petersburg Academy of Arts under Repin, 1902-1908. Studied at the Odessa Art School, 1896-1902, and the Petersburg Academy of Arts under Repin, 1902-1908.
After the October Revolution 1917, specialized in paintings glorifying the new leaders, and made a career as the party boss in the arts. Considered to be a master of socialist realism in painting, became in effect Stalin’s court painter. Director of the Leningrad Academy of Arts, 1934.