The year 1931 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

• April 15 — The first exhibition of the «Union of Soviet Artists» artistic society was opened in Moscow. Exhibited 348 works of 54 authors. The participants were Arkady Plastov, Rudolf Frentz, Mikhail Avilov, Piotr Buchkin, Dmitry Kardovsky, Mitrofan Grekov, Arcady Rylov, Vasily Svarog, Konstantin Bogaevsky, Konstantin Rudakov, Nikolai Dormidontov, and other important Russian artists.^[1]
• May 12 — The exhibition named «Socialist Construction in the Visual Arts» was opened in Moscow in the Museum of the Revolution. Exhibited 128 works of 76 authors. The participants were Isaak Brodsky, Igor Grabar, Rudolf Frentz, and other important Russian artists.^[2]
• August 1 — «The Anti-Imperialist Exhibition» was opened in Moscow in the Central Park of Culture and Leisure. Exhibited 476 works of 175 authors. The participants were Alexander Osmerkin, Sergei Gerasimov, Alexander Deyneka, and other important Russian artists.^[3]

• February 16 — Irina Dobrekova (Russian: Добрякова Ирина Михайловна), Russian Soviet painter.
• March 15 — Vladislav Levant (Russian: Левант Владислав Львович), Russian Soviet painter, Honored Art worker of the Russian Federation (d. 1978).
• April 26 — Vera Nazina (Russian: Назина Вера Ивановна), Russian Soviet painter.
• May 7 — Misha Brusilovsky (Russian: Брусиловский Миша Шаевич), Russian Soviet painter, Honoured artist of the Russian Federation.

• January 12 — Mikhail Guzhavin (Russian: Гужавин Михаил Маркелович), Russian soviet landscape painter (b. 1888).

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