of art and murder

The section in our reading for the weekend about the Stalinist mandate to produce pictorial realism in art as a means to promote nationalism came as a shocker. While we in the USA have had our idealistic and self promoting art work, such as Rosie the Riveter and her genre and Norman Rockwell with the All-American perfect families and lifestyles, I am unaware of any instances where artists were forced underground in order to continue making art in the style they chose, or of artists who bucked the trend to die mysteriously in their studios. Amazing.