[2] Veniamin Ivanovich Borisov was born on 16 April 1935 in Susanino village, Kostroma Oblast of the Russian Federation.

Creative manner Borisov distinguished identity, a deep connection with the images of the Russian countryside.

[6] His works of 1960-1980s give an idea about search of own pictorial language and themes, among them Ruins in the Pavlovsk Park (1962), Balalaika players[7] (1967), At the Pond[8] (1968), Sergey Esenin[9] (1971), A Field plowed[10] (1975), A Widow[11] (1976), The Quiet evening[12] (1977), village, My Grandmother[13] (both 1978), The City is built[14] (1980), Cottage in Staraya Ladoga,[15] Sunny Day on the Moyka river, Autumn in Staraya Ladoga (all 1981) Country Girl (1986), House near river,[16] Autumn Still Life[17] (both 1989), and others.

His main topic becomes the images of the artist's childhood and youth, the northern village and the peasant way of life, landscapes of the native land and the central Russia.

Since the late 1980s Borisov often refers to the theme of the urban landscape, enriching the genre with original works that reflect the life of Saint Petersburg at the crossroads of epochs.