Boris Yeflov

Boris Alexandrovich Yeflov (Russian: Борис Александрович Ефлов; born December 31, 1926, Selishche village, Borisoglebsky district, Yaroslavl Oblast – died March 17, 2013, Kostroma) – 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 – Yeflov 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 KrasnyiKrymguards 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 (Yeflova) 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 Yeflov was buried in the Ilinskoe village, Kostroma district of the Kostroma Oblast.

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  Self-portrait (1957)

• Mum (1957)

• Valentina (1957)

• A Station District (1960)

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  The Church of the Spas-Vyozhy Village (1966)

• Corner Tower (1967)

• A Road to the Church (1968)

• Holy Gate (1968)

• Frost and Sun (1971)

• Train Station (1972)

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  On the river, on the river... (1975)

• October in the Country (1978)

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  Leaf Fall (1982)

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  Indian Summer (1982)

• Autumn Melancholy (1982)

• Country Backyards (1986)

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  At the Ruins of Memory (1988)

• Forever and a Day (1993)

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  Eternal Symbols of Russia (1996)

• Karelia Stones (1996)

• The Village of Barsky Pogost (1997)

• A Forest Road (1997)

• Fading (1999)

• Karelia (2005)

From 1958 to 2018, the artworks of Boris Yeflov 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, Sitkocompany (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 Yeflov. Republic of Karelia, Sortavala (2017)

• Прозрачный свет акварели. Ефлов Борис Александрович. – Кострома: Издательский Дом «Линия График Кострома», 2007. – 34 с.
• Виртуоз пейзажа. Борис Ефлов. Живопись. – Кострома: Издательский Дом «Линия График Кострома», 2007. - 80 с: ил.
• О друзьях-товарищах. Борис Ефлов. – Ярославль: Издательское бюро «Филигрань», 2015. - 44 с.
• Варварин дом Бориса Ефлова. – Кострома: Издательский Дом «Линия График Кострома», 2017. - 56 с: ил.
• Магия севера глазами Бориса Ефлова. – Кострома: Издательский Дом «Линия График Кострома», 2007. - 80 с.: ил.
• Бузин А.И. Художники-фронтовики 1941 – 1945 г. – Кострома: Типография издательства «Северная правда», 1975. – 68 с.
• Художники Костромы. – Кострома: Издание Костромской организации художников, 1994. – 128 с.
• Костромские художники – ветераны войны и труда. – Кострома: Издание Костромской организации художников и администрации Костромской области, 1995. – 296 с.
• Бузин А.И., Касторская Т.М., Туловская Т.И., Неганова Г.Д. Художники земли Костромской. – Кострома: Костромаиздат, 2013. – 376 с.: ил.
• Бузин А.И. Великая Отечественная война в творчестве костромских художников. – Кострома: Костромаиздат. – 2015. – 120 с.
• ХУДОЖНИКИ НАРОДОВ СССР, Библиографический словарь., том. 4, кн. 1, стр. 75, Москва, «Искусство», 1983. – 592 с.