Talk:Boris Yeflov

Eflov (Yeflov), Boris Alexandrovich

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Eflov.

Boris Alexandrovich Eflov (Yeflov) (born December 31, 1926, Selishche village, Borisoglebsky district, Yaroslavl Oblast – died March 17, 2013, Kostroma; Russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Ефло́в) - Soviet and Russian painter, graphic artist, and master of rural landscape.

Family
The painter was born on December 31, 1926 in Selishche village, Borisoglebsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, next to which the military unit of his father was located. Father - Eflov Alexander Grigorievich, regular officer, mother - Kolchina Klavdiya Vasilyevna come from a merchant-peasant family. Boris was left without a father early, who was repressed, shot in 1938 and subsequently rehabilitated posthumously. In view of this, the family is forced to move to friends in Kostroma. As a child, Boris was fascinated by drawing, copying various classic works of famous painters. Due to the hardest financial situation of the family at the turn of seventeen, he volunteered to join the army.

In the army
After a short training, he was sent to the operating units of the Black Sea Fleet. He served first on the Krasnyi Krym guards cruiser, then before demobilization as the head gun commander, he served on the destroyer Ognevoi. During the infrequent layoffs he attended drawing courses at the art studio of Sevastopol City. The preserved drawings of that time were exhibited at thematic exhibitions.

In Kostroma
Returning to the family, in 1951 he worked in the Kostroma puppet theater as a painter-decorator. He married Anisimova (Eflova) Valentina Alexandrovna in 1952, in which they had two sons - Vladimir (1955) and Alexander (1959). From 1953 to 1958 he studied at the Kostroma Art School. Further, before retirement, he worked in the workshops of the Art Fund of the Russian Federation. Since 1957, he had been the participant of numerous exhibitions, most of which are personal. He died on March 17, 2013 at the age of 86 in Kostroma. Boris Eflov was buried in the Ilinskoe village, Kostroma district of the Kostroma Oblast.

Major artworks

 * On the river, on the river ... (1975)
 * Leaf Fall (1982)
 * Indian Summer (1982)
 * Eternal Symbols of Russia (1996)
 * At the ruins of memory (1988)
 * The Church of the Spas-Vyozhy village (1966)

Exhibition activities
From 1958 to 2018, the artworks of Boris Eflov could be visited at dozens of exhibitions. In recent years, they were mostly personal. The main ones are listed below:
 * Art exhibition of Russian painters. Italy, Sitko company (1992)
 * Transparent light of watercolor. Kostroma, Perpetuum Art Gallery (2006)
 * The jubilee exhibition dedicated to the eightieth birthday of the painter. Kostroma, Romanovsky Museum (2007)
 * Exhibition - farewell to the painter. Exhibition Hall of Kostroma City Administration (2013)
 * Exhibition of graphic portraits and drawings. The Kostroma synagogue (2014)
 * By the forest Road. Kostroma Regional Museum of Nature (2016)
 * The Varvara’s House exhibition dedicated to the ninetieth anniversary of the painter. Kostroma, the former Nobiliary Assembly (2017)
 * The magic of the north through the eyes of Boris Eflov. Republic of Karelia, Sortavala (2017)

Date of birth
December 31, 1926

Place of birth
Selishche village, Borisoglebsky district, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Date of death
March 17, 2013 (86 years)

Place of death
Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast, Russia

Country
USSR, Russia

Genre
landscape, portrait

Style
realism

Awards
Order of the Patriotic War

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