Robus
Borisovich The Elderberry

The small Russian town of Yartsevo in the Smolensk region – small Motherland of the Crimean artist. He was born February 10, 1927 in the family of party activist Boris Elder. Father, a Communist, in the Wake of the revolution, gave the boy a name that fully comply with the spirit of the rebellious era – Robus (the organizer of the Revolutionary Struggle of the Oppressed Classes). But the mother, in secret from her husband, baptized the child, naming it in honor of his father, Boris. The fate of the family of the future artist was a difficult and tragic as the fate of many families of the era. The father repeated the feat Pavel Korchagin - saved in the winter in the icy water intended for the construction of the forest, contracted pneumonia and died at the age of 25. There was one mother with a five-year fixed, three-year-old Vladimir, a sick grandmother and the meager wages of a weaver in the factory. It was barely enough for bread rationing, followed by eight years in huge queues had to stand Boris.

Already in four years, Bob felt a calling to the art. In the barracks, where the family lived, was lying useless paint (gouache) and old Newspapers. The boy found them, and, driven by childish curiosity, I began to mix colors, and was fascinated by the play of colors and shapes. The pictures were surprisingly good. He carry it around the house, and the neighbors smiled, trying to encourage a toddler who is a sweetie who has a good word.

In 1941, the town of Yartsevo was occupied by German fascist invaders. In this terrible time of 14-year-old boy and his 12-year-old Borat went completely caring for his mother and sick grandmother. Remained in the memory of the famine, the death of acquaintances, how they had to make shoes out of leather seats in German cars lead smelting bowls and change them into the village for bread, salt, frozen potatoes, and "revenge" to the enemy, puncturing the tires of military vehicles. At the end of the war, at sixteen, Boris Elder got to the front of the Marines. He served in the Baltic States. Realizing that the end is near, the enemy fought fiercely committed atrocities. Even in the Victory Day on 9 may, they buried the dead friends. To them to the grave laid the branches in the victorious luxury of spring lilacs. It is a flower (lilac) became later a symbol of joy, Victory and spring, but with a bitter taste of sadness. The artist will write her all my life, improving every stroke.

Having served the Fatherland for seven years, Boris comes in Yelets art school in 24 years. It was not easy: he had to work to feed, to support the mother, to buy paint, paper, canvases, learn half-forgotten during the war years of the school curriculum. At a student party he met his future wife, Zoe, with whom he lived for 48 years. In Yelets worked in the art Fund produced a student Komsomol newspaper "the Spotlight".

In 1967, together with his family – wife and daughter moved to the Crimea. This is highly demanded health: night shift to 30-radosna the cold in his student years did not pass unnoticed. Robus Elder was the first artist to designer of the Central military sanatorium of the Ministry of defence "frunzenskoe", then worked for many years in Alushta city communications. All his free time artist dedicated to creativity, for which he drew inspiration from the blessed Crimean land. The main theme of his works were landscapes, seascapes, flowers, of course, reflected the war and experienced the pain of loss. In Alushta, the artist has found a "fellow writers" and became an active participant in the national fine art Studio of the city of Alushta. He goes in the open air all over the Crimea, arranges personal exhibitions, actively participates in exhibitions of the Studio's work has been exhibited in the Central military sanatorium "frunzenskoe", in the Museum of the city of Alushta, takes annually part in the celebrations devoted to the 15th April – the Day of liberation of Sevastopol on May 9, the Day of the city. Fifty works the artist bequeathed to the future Museum of the village of Partenit. Creative performance style is unique, she is mixed. First and foremost, it's a classic. Guidelines for the artist has always remained famous Russian artists – Repin, Surikov, Vasnetsov, Shishkin, Vereshchagin, Aivazovsky, painters of the Peredvizhniki. But there is a significant influence of the impressionist artists (Monet, Vangog). The paintings look great at exhibitions and in the interior. Work is performed mostly with oil paints, in broad strokes (the artist loved to paint by palette knife), most paintings done on canvas, sometimes on paper, but always on a high artistic level. It is not surprising, therefore, that they always entertain the audience and encouraging people today in different corners of our planet. The artist generously donated their work to people. His paintings adorn the premises of Gotelecom, there they are in the library of the village of Partenit, in the Museum, you can see them in the city of Partenit sister – Waldenburg (Switzerland), the sister city of Alushta – Aanekoski (Finland), Santa Cruz (USA), in many cities of Germany and England.