Alexandre Jacovleff
| Alexandre Jacovleff | |
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| Born |
Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff 1887 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 1938 Paris, France |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Imperial Academy of Arts |
| Known for |
Painting Etching |
| Notable work |
Belshazzar's Feast, (1983-4) Witness, (2000) |
| Movement | Neoclassicism |
Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff (also spelt Iacovleff or Yakovlev, Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Яковлев; 25 June [O.S. 13 June] 1887 - 12 May 1938) was a Russian neoclassicist painter, draughtsman, designer and etcher.
Alexandre was the son of a naval officer from Saint Petersburg, where he was born. Between 1905 and 1913 he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Kardovsky. While a student he enjoyed drawing and worked for the art magazines Apollon, Satiricon, Niva, New Satiricon. After 1912, Jacovleff was a member of Mir Iskusstva. Jacovleff's large group portrait On Academic Dacha was exhibited at the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö in 1912, and received praise from the critics present, including Alexandre Benois.
During his student days he befriended another Academy student, . They were almost inseparable, and received the nickname of The Twins.
In 1913, Jackovleff received the rank of an Artist and a scholarship to study abroad for his paintings Bathing (Купание) and In Banya. He also composed his famous In The Day Shining painting the same year. He later went to Italy and Spain together with Shukhaev. There they painted their double self-portrait as Harlequin and Pierrot. Another important work of that period was Violinist painted in 1915. At that time Jacovleff attempted to integrate Renaissance art with Primitivism, particularly the Russian Lubok.
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