Complex sentence: Isaak Izrailevich Brodskiy (,-August 14,1939, Leningrad) was a Soviet painter, a forefather of socialist realism, famous for his iconic portayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution.
Split into simpler sentences: Isaak Izrailevich Brodskiy (,-August 14,1939, Leningrad) was a Soviet painter who laid foundations for the art movement of socialist realism. He is known for his iconic portayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution.