High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (Russian: Исаак Израилевич Бродский, 6 January 1884 - August 14, 1939), was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution.