Yakovlev A.E. (1887-1938), artist

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YAKOVLEV Alexander Evgenievich (1887 - 1938, St. Petersburg), painter and graphic artist. He studied at the Academy of Arts from 1905 to 1913, with D.N. Kardovsky as his tutor from 1907. From 1914 to 1915 he was a retainer of the Academy of Arts in Italy. Yakovlev was one of the representatives of St. Petersburg neo-classicism. He painted portraits and compositions of figures involving some elements of stylisation of the masters of Italian Renaissance otherwise known as primitivism, Bathing, (1913), Fiddler (1915), The Portrait of Mexican Artist R. Montenegro (1915, all reposited in the State Russian Museum). He also contributed to journals Apollon, Satiricon, Niva etc. Together with S.Y. Sudeykin and B.D. Grigoryev, he took part in the designing of the cabaret Prival Komediantov (Comedians Halt) in 1916. Yakovlev was a member of the World of Art from 1912. In 1917, he joined Kardovsky and V.I. Shukhaev in establishing St. Luca Guild of Painters society which aimed at the revival of the professional traditions of the old masters. He also taught drawing at the Bagaeva Womens Courses of Higher Architectural Learning and at the New Artistic Studio from 1916 to 1917. In the end of 1917, he set out on a journey through Mongolia, China and Japan. Two years later he emigrated to live in Paris. He took part in the motor expeditions of Citroen Company through Africa (1924-25) and Asia (1931-32), where he made hundreds of drawings portraying the local nature and the life of the indigenes. From 1934 to 1937 he headed the Painting Department of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (USA). In 1928, the halls of the Academy of Arts in Leningrad hosted his personal exhibition.

References: Александр Яковлев: Выст. Л., 1928; Северюхин Д. Я., Лейкинд О. Л., Махров К. В. Художники русского зарубежья: Биогр. слов. СПб., 1999.

O. L. Leikind, D.Y. Severyukhin. Bagaeva E.F.
Grigoryev Boris Dmitrievich
Kardovsky Dmitry Nikolaevich
Shukhaev Vasily Ivanovich
Sudeykin Sergey Yurievich
Yakovlev Alexander Evgenievich
Александр Яковлев: Выст. Л., 1928
Северюхин Д. Я., Лейкинд О. Л., Махров К. В. Художники русского зарубежья: Биогр. слов. СПб., 1999 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
Russian Museum, State
Apollon (Apollo), journal
Satirikon, journal
Niva (Field), journal
Comedians Halt, Cabaret
World of Art, Association