This book is about an artist whose fame in the years 1920-1950 was deafening. This book is about the painter, whose painting Lenin in Smolny was reproduced in millions of copies. This book is about a man who, for a certain period of time, combined in himself an artist, a public figure, an art teacher and the director of the Academy of Arts. This book is about Isaac Brodsky, whose name today is remembered only by his family and professional art critics. Were the ancient sages right when they said: “Sic transit gloria mundi” - this is how earthly glory passes?