Painter, graphic artist, theater artist, monumentalist, teacher. He received his artistic education at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1905-1913), in the workshop of D. N. Kardovsky. In the second half of the 1910s. Yakovlev was engaged in portrait painting and drawing, achieving great success in the technique of sanguine. In the summer of 1917, Yakovlev, as a pensioner of the Academy of Arts, went to Mongolia, China and Japan. The journey took two years and resulted in a series of works about China. Subsequently, the artist settled in Paris, and his further life took place abroad. Yakovlev has always been attracted to the exotic. In 1924-25 he took part in an expedition to North and Central Africa organized by Citroen. The paintings and drawings brought from the trip brought Yakovlev great success. In 1926 he was awarded the Legion of Honor. In 1931-32 The artist again went on an expedition to the countries of the East - he visited Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia and China. And again, the result of his trip was a whole series of artistic works, mainly of an ethnographic nature, but invariably marked by a virtuoso drawing technique. In the 1920s. Yakovlev's works were often exhibited in Europe and America, his art enjoyed great success, although it still caused controversial assessments. The artist’s connection with Russia did not break either: in 1928, an exhibition of his works was held in the halls of the Academy of Arts. Yakovlev was engaged in easel painting and graphics, monumental and theatrical decorative art. In 1934, Yakovlev received an invitation to take the place of professor at the Academy of Arts in Boston. Until 1938 he lived in the USA. Died in Paris. Works by A.E. Yakovlev's works are in private collections and museums in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, USA, Japan, and Georgia. In Russia there are much fewer of them; these are mainly early works stored in the State Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, and some provincial museums.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1925 Size – 53x45. Technique – Tempera on canvas on cardboard.
Description:Signed and dated lower right. The work was exhibited at the exhibition ""Alexander Yakovlev. Artist who participated in the expedition ""Citroen - Central Africa"", the second mission of Hardt-Audouin Dubreuil. Drawings and paintings"". May 7 - 23, 1926, Jean Charpentier Gallery (Paris). Published in the catalog of this exhibition. Charpentier Gallery, Paris. P. 5. No. 58. Certificate by the Grabar Art Conservation Centre.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1933 Size – 38.5x28. Technique – Paper, heliogravure.
Description:One of 32 color illustrations from the album: Yakovlev, A.E., Eliseev, S.G. Japanese theater (kabuki). [Iacovleff, A., Elisseeff, S. Le Theater japonais (kabuki). In fr. lang.]. Paris: Jules Meynial, 1933. 94 pp.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1933 Size – 38.5x28. Technique – Heliogravure on paper.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1938 Size – 45.5x38. Technique – Paper, sanguine.
Description:Signed and dated lower right. Sold.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1930s Size – 37.5x27 (in light). Technique – Lithography.
Description:Signed lower right.
Аукцион № 100 "Юбилейный" 20 мая 2009 г.
Description:Signed lower left.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1930 Size – 68x47. Technique – Tempera on canvas.
Description:Signed, dated and named lower left.
Прошедший аукцион №196 27 ноября 2025 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1931 Size – 31x59. Technique – Tempera on canvas.
Description:Signed, dated and named lower right.
Description:Signed and dated lower right. The work was exhibited at the exhibition "Alexander Yakovlev. Artist who participated in the expedition "Citroen - Central Africa", the second mission of Hardt-Audouin Dubreuil. Drawings and paintings". May 7 - 23, 1926, Gallery Jean Charpentier (Paris). Published in the catalog of this exhibition. Gallery Charpentier, Paris. P. 5. No. 58.
Прошедший аукцион №195 14 октября 2025 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1930s. Technique – Sanguine on paper.
Аукцион № 114 «Русское искусство ХХ века» 15 июня 2010 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1930s. Size – 75х54. Technique – Watercolor, sanguine, charcoal on paper on cardboard.
Description:The work was exhibited at the exhibition A.E. Yakovlev "50 works. Drawing, painting", 1972, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gropper Art Gallery. The work was published in the exhibition catalogue, illustration 1.
Прошедший аукцион №191 20 марта 2025 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Size – 52x35. Technique – Paper, sanguine.
Description:The work was purchased at auction Philippe Rouillac, June 11, 2007, lot 242.
Аукцион № 52 "А - КЛУБ" 27 февраля 2008 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – Second half of the 1900s - early. 1910s Size – 22x36.3. Technique – Paper on cardboard, watercolor, graphite pencil.
Description:Examination of the State Tretyakov Gallery. Monogram lower right.
Аукцион № 116 «Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XVIII-ХХ веков» 02 ноября 2010 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1932 Size – 76x55.8. Technique – Paper, pastel.
Description:Signed and dated lower right.
Прошедший аукцион №197 05 февраля 2026 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1932 Size – 75x54.5. Technique – Paper, sanguine.
Аукцион № 142 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XIX-ХХ веков". 23 октября 2014 г.
Аукцион № 62 "Весенний салон" 19 апреля 2008 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1931-1932 Size – 38.2x61.6. Technique – Canvas, tempera.
Description:Expertise of GOSNIIR.
Аукцион № 128 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XIX-ХХ веков". 13 марта 2012 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1931 Size – 52.5x36. Technique – Paper, charcoal, pastel.
Аукцион № 131 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XVIII-ХХ веков". 25 октября 2012 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1930 Size – 82.5x63. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1930s Size – 75x54. Technique – Cardboard, watercolor, sanguine, charcoal, paper.
Description:The work was exhibited at A. Yakovlev’s exhibition “50 works. Drawing, painting” in 1972, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gropper Art Gallery. Published in the catalog of this exhibition, ill. No. 1.
Аукцион № 125 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XIX-ХХ веков". 27 октября 2011 г.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1925 Size – 53x45. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Description:Signed and dated lower right. The work was exhibited in Paris in 1926 and was published in the exhibition catalogue.
Yakovlev A.E. Year – 1931-1932 Size – 34,5х21; 34,5х21; 34,5х21. Technique – Paper, watercolor.
Description:Expertise by V.S. Silaeva. An impression of the artist's red Chinese niffrite seal at the bottom right.
Аукцион № 134 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XIX-ХХ веков".
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