Ivan Lindsay with Efrem Zverkov in his studio, circa 2006
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Ivan Lindsay with Efrem Zverkov in his studio, circa 2006
I only went to Zverkov's studio once. The artist was very ancient and is probably dead by now. I was taken there by Tatiana Plastova. There was a women there considerably younger than the artist who may have been his girlfriend or a second wife. The artist was happy to sell something but this women refused to let him sell anything so I came away empty handed. In true Russian fashion nothing was explained.
Zverkov went on numerous trips with fellow artists such as Stozharov around remote areas of Russia. He absorbed the influence of whichever artist he was travelling without ever becoming quite as good. At his best his works can be powerful depictions of the simple beauty of the Russian villages and countryside.
