The year 1938 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

• January 20 — Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphics, made under the contracts of 1937 year, was opened in Moscow. Exhibited 153 works of 117 artists. The participants were Vasily Baksheev, Nikolay Krymov, Pavel Kuznetsov, Alexander Kuprin, Aristarkh Lentulov, Mikhail Matorin, Ilya Mashkov, Georgy Nissky, Alexander Osmerkin, Piotr Petrovichev, Piotr Pokarzhevsky, Pavel Radimov, Martiros Saryan, Leonard Turzhansky, Nadezhda Udaltsova, and other important Soviet artists.^[1]
• May 6 — Exhibition named «20 Years of Workers and Peasants Red Army and Navy» was opened in Moscow. Exhibited 451 works of 236 artists. The participants were Vasily Baksheev, Piotr Belousov, Isaak Brodsky, Piotr Buchkin, Alexander Deyneka, Nikolai Dormidontov, Rudolf Frentz, Alexander Lubimov, Yuri Neprintsev, Vladimir Serov, Konstantin Yuon, and other important Soviet artists.^[2]

• January 16 — Victor Abramian (Russian: Абрамян Виктор Ашотович), Russian Soviet painter (died 2008).
• August 1 — Konstantin Ivanov (Russian: Иванов Константин Кириллович), Russian Soviet painter.

• February 5 — Sergey Vynogradov (Russian: Виноградов Сергей Арсеньевич), Russian painter (born 1869).
• February 26 — Aleksandr Drevin (Russian: Древин Александр Давыдович), Russian painter (born 1869).
• May 12 — Alexandre Jacovleff (Russian: Яковлев Александр Евгеньевич), Russian painter (born 1887).

• Aleksandr Drevin
• Alexandre Jacovleff

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