Veniamin Borisov (1935 -2014)
Veniamin Borisov was born on April 16, 1935 in the village of Susanino, Kostroma Region. In 1963 he graduated from the the Painting department of the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad, workshop of Iosif Serebryany. Participated in exhibitions since 1957. Member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1968. Personal exhibitions in St. Petersburg (1994, 2005). He painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, genre paintings. The works of Veniamin Borisov are in the State Russian Museum, in museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, the United States and other countries.
