Boris Fedorovich Borzin (other spellings: Borsin, Borzine) was born in Ukraine on 29 December 1923 and died in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1991. He was a Soviet realism painter, graphic artist, conservator, art historian, author, and a tenured professor of fine art for 30 years at the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (formerly Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute).[1] Borzin was also a veteran of the Great Patriotic War.
Biography
Boris F. Borzin was a graduate of the Lithuanian State Art Institute. His post-graduate work was done at the department of higher education at the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts[2] and the Russian Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Boris was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, taking part in more than sixty art exhibitions in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and elsewhere. Many of his works are owned by private collectors and art galleries, and were acquired by Fine Arts Foundation of the Russian Federation and later by the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg as well as other state museums. He participated in and helped organize yearly exhibitions of Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, and exhibited in almost all of the Exhibitions of Leningrad Artists,[3][4][5][6][7][8]Our Contemporary[9][10] exhibitions, and showings of the works "Russian Landscape" and "50 years of Soviet Power" among others. Throughout his artistic career, Borzin always remained true to the traditions of Soviet realism and the Leningrad School of Artists. His main genres were landscape, portrait, and still-life.
A large number of his works were donated to and acquired by Russian museums and Russian State Art foundations. Some of his works are in permanent collections in the Tretyakov Gallery ("Self Portrait"),[11] State Russian Museum (oil painting "Window. Poplar branch.", two graphic portraits, and eight portrait drawings)[12][13][14] and the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (three landscape oil paintings),[15] the Benois Family Museum[16] (landscape oil painting),[17] the Yelagin Palace Museum (landscape oil painting),[18] and others.
Borzin served in the Second World War from 1941 until 1945 and was awarded seven metals. Throughout his life he painted many war genre paintings, such as his well-known triptych "Leningrad - Boundaries of Glory", displayed in the October exhibition of Leningrad Artists (now owned by Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad),[19] and his graphic portraits of veterans that were exhibited at the "30 years after Victory in the Great Patriotic War Exhibition" (acquired by the Russian State Arts Foundation).[20]
After the war, Borzin led a team of restorers and conservators in the restoration of murals and ceiling paintings of a number of historic landmarks in St. Petersburg and its surroundings, most notably the Hermitage Museum, the Summer Palace, Yelagin Palace, Saint Isaac's Cathedral, and Monplaisir Palace. He wrote a book on the subject entitled Decorative Art in Time of Peter The Great[21][22] and for his work was awarded the Silver Medal of the Academy of Arts of USSR.[23] He also wrote several publications on the topic of artistic education, art history, and preservation of art.[24][25]
In 1991, two posthumous exhibitions of Borzin's paintings and graphic works took place in St. Petersburg in Rossi Pavilion of the Summer Gardens[26] and in the Benois Family Museum[27] in Peterhoff. In 1992 a large personal exhibition of Boris's works was opened in Yelagin Palace in St. Petersburg;[28] his drawings of famous chess players were exhibited at the Chess Club of Chigorin Memorial;[29] and in spring, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall displayed his graphic portraits of famous musicians sketched during the concerts.[30]
Борзин, Борис Федорович. Монументально-декоративная живопись в России в первой четверти XVIII века [Текст] : Автореферат дис. на соискание ученой степени кандидата искусствоведения / Ин-т живописи, скульптуры и архитектуры им. И. Е. Репина Акад. художеств СССР. - Ленинград
References
^Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts. (Российский государственный архив литературы и искусства. ф. 2082 оп. 5 ед. хр. 482)
^Exhibition: Exhibition of Leningrad Artists. Catalog 1976 (Выставка работ Ленинградских художников. Каталог. 1976 г.)
^Exhibition: Exhibition of Leningrad Artists. "30 years of Victory of Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War" Catalog 1978. p. 25 (Выставка произведений Ленинградских художников, посвященная 30-летию Победы Советского народа в Великой Отечественной войне. Каталог. Л. Художник РСФСР. 1978, Графика C. 25)
^Exhibition: Exhibition of work by Leningrad artists. "Portrait of Contemporary" Catalog 1983, p. 39 (Пятая Выставка произведений Ленинградских художников «Портрет Современника», Каталог. Художник РСФСР. Л. 1983, Живопись, C. 39)
^Exhibition: Regional Art exhibition of Leningrad Artists, St. Petersburg, 1980 (Зональная Выставка произведений Ленинградских художников 1980 г. Каталог. Художник РСФСР. Л. 1983, Живопись, C. 10)
^Коллекция Автопортретов в фондах ГТГ (Государстенная Третьяковская Галерея), Отдел советской и современной живописи, 230-79-44, 18-01-1994
^"Window. Poplar Branch." permanently in State Russian Museum fund of Soviet art - No 167001, 28/10 («Окно. Ветка тополя» 71x50 1969, масло, холст. Фонд советской живописи Государственного Русского музея No 167001, 28/10 ЖС-758.)
^"Portrait of Kozhuhova" - State Russian Museum, Fund of Soviet Graphics. («Портрет Ю.В Кожухова» 1976 — Государственный Русский Музей — Фонд советской графики No 612/07, протокол ЭЗК No 303 08-04-1994)
^Петров-Маслаков 14х10, Мочалов 13х9, искусствовед Гусев 8х7, Андреев И. И. 16х13, Обозненко Д. 9х13, Моисеенко Е. Е. 8х13, Аникушин М. К. 11х9, Мыльников А. А. 9х13, Бумага, ручка, 1970-80гг. Государственный Русский Музей — Фонд советской графики No 613/07, ФК No74 14-04-1994
^1."In Vintage Garden" 1984, Museum of History of St. Petersburg. («В старинном садике» (наб. Мойки, д.48), 49х39, к. /м., 1984 г. Музей истории Санкт-Петербурга АКТ No 240-11-93, 12-08-1993) 2."The bank of river Fontanka" 1985, Museum of History of St. Petersburg. («Наб. реки Фонтанки», 38х49, к./м., 1985 г. Музей истории Санкт-Петербурга, АКТ No 240-11-93, 12-08-1993) 3."The View of Moyka from Blvd. Kanyushena", 1988, Museum of History of St. Petersburg. (Вид на Мойку от Конюшенной площади, 49х68, к./м., 1988 г. Музей истории Санкт-Петербурга АКТ No 168-1-93, 13-09-1993)
^Торжок, к./м., 60х52, 1965 г. Музей семьи Бенуа, филиал Государственного Художественно-архитектурного дворцово-паркового музея-заповедника Петродворца, No 313-13, 13-05-1992
^Exhibition: "October exhibition of works by Leningrad artists" Catalog 1983, p. 6 (Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1978 г. Каталог. Л. Художник РСФСР 1983, C. 6)
^Exhibition: Exhibit of Drawings and paintings from the war front 1941-1945 "30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War" Catalog 1977, p.14. (Выставка Фронтовых Рисунков и Этюдов 1941—1945, 30-летию Победы в Великой Отечественной войне. Каталог. Художник РФСР, Л., 1977 г. С. 14
^Personal Exhibition: Summer Palace - Pavilion "Coffee House", St. Petersburg, Russia. 1991. (Летний сад- павильон Росси «Кофейный домик», филиал Государственного Русского Музея, Петербург, 1991 г.)
^Personal Exhibition: Benois Family Museum - Peterhof Palace. 1991. Музей семьи Бенуа, филиал Государственного Художественно-архитектурного дворцово-паркового музея-заповедника Петродворца, 1991 г.
^Personal Exhibition: Yelagin Palace, St. Petersburg, 1992. (Персональная выставка: Елагиноостровский дворец-музей, Петербург, 1992 г.)
^Personal Exhibition: "Drawings of famous chess players" - St. Petersburg Chigorin chess memorial 1992-93. (Персональная выставка: Петербургский городской шахматный клуб им. Чигорина, тематическая выставка портретов и натурных зарисовок выдающихся шахматистов, Петербург, 1992-93 гг.)
^Personal Exhibition: "thematic exhibit of drawings of famous musicians." - St. Petersburg Philharmonic, 1992. (Персональная выставка: Петербургская филармония, тематическая выставка натурных зарисовок выдающихся музыкантов, Петербург, 1992 г)
Борис Борзин : Альбом. - Санкт-Петербург, 1993. - 16 с.; 30 отд. л. ил. в обертке; 29 см., (со вступительной статьёй народного художника РСФСР, действительного члена АХ СССР А. П. Левитина и краткими отзывами о Б. Ф. Борзине, как реставраторе, учёном и педагоге. В сопроводительном буклете: творчески-биографическая статья Элеоноры Краинской, жены художника, краткая его биография на английском, а также статья Н. Нешатаевой Рассказ о художнике - По материалам персональной выставки Б. Ф. Борзина в Елагиноостровском дворце-музее, сокращённый вариант передачи по Петербургскому радио от 28 апреля 1992 г., С. Петербург, 1993 г.)
О росписях петровского времени. И. Михайлова. (О книге «Росписи петровского времени», изд. «Художник РСФСР» Л., 1986, 26 печатных листа, за которую автор в 1987 г. награжден Серебряной медалью Академии Художеств СССР) Журнал «Искусство» № 2, М., 1989, стр. 69-70.
Рецензии на выставки, в которых отмечен художник: Журнал «Искусство» № 9, М., 1977; газеты: Вечерний Ленинград, 14 мая, 1985, стр. 4; По выставочным залам: Ленинградская правда, 26 мая, 1977; Ленинградская правда, 16 мая, 1989.
Анонс о защите кандидатской диссертации Б. Ф. Борзина на заседании учёного совета института им. И. Е. Репина Ак. Художеств СССР. Газета Вечерний Ленинград, 13 октября 1969.
