Alexandre Jacovleff
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| Born | Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff 1887 |
| 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,
Biography
Alexandre was the son of a naval officer from
During his student days he befriended another Academy student, Vasiliy Shukhaev.[1] 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.
In 1915, Jacovleff returned to
In the summer of 1917, Jacovleff received a scholarship to study in the Far East. He traveled to
Between 1924 and 1925 he took part in an expedition to the
Between 1931 and 1932, he was the Artistic Adviser of another Citroën expedition, this time across
From 1934 to 1937, Jacovleff was the Director of the Painting Department of the
Family
- His father, Yevgeniy Iacovleff (1857–1898), was an engineer-inventor, creator of the internal combustion engine Russian, founder and owner of the first Russian factory of gas engines and oil
- His mother, Sofia Kuzmina (? - 1939), was the first woman doctor of mathematical sciences in Russia
- His brother, Alexei (en: Alexis Jackson; ?, Russian Empire–1964, United States) was an architect
- His niece Tatiana Yakovleva (Tatiana du Plessix Liberman; 1906—1991), the daughter of Alexei, is one of the beautiful women of Paris, the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was in love with her and spent the poems
- His niece Ludmila Yakovleva (1908—?), the daughter of Alexei, is a French dancer, actress
- His sister, Alexandra (Sandra) (Alexandra Yakovleva; 1889–1979), was an opera singer whose husband, an officer of the Imperial Army, was killed by the revolutionary sailors, she and her mother fled revolutionary Russia and took refuge with his Alexander brother living in Paris. She has performed in the imperial troops in St. Petersburg (Russia), then in Paris, in troop of Alexey Tsereteli; during 1949-1979 Professor of Conservatoire Rachmaninoff
- His first wife is the actress Bella Shensheva (they were divorced; their child died), who committed suicide in 1929 in Berlin.[3][4][5]
Gallery
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Feodor Chaliapin as Don Quichotte, 1916 -
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Kabuki dancer -
Kabuki -
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Portrait of Chief AfghanMirza Dolik Wakhi from Gircha village (a chief of a clan of Wakhi people) -
Painting entitled Afghans -
Sheikh Sattam de Haddadin of Palmyra
See also
References
- ^ Шухаев Василий Иванович (1887-1973)
- ^ "Alexandre Jacovleff". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ ru: Alexandre Yakovleff (ЯКОВЛЕВ Александр Евгеньевич)
- ^ "ru: The dictionary Singers Russians // Sandra Yakovleff". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- Jackovleff in Krugosvet encyclopedia (in Russian)
- Jackovleff in the Staratel library (in Russian)
- Jacovleff on the site of Tate Gallery
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