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Jeune fille allongée dans l'herbe avec son ombrelle, Repos dans le chemin par Joseph Johann Süss
Cézanne, Paul CÉZANNE 1839-1906
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YAKOVLEV, Alexander YAKOVLEV
"To give pleasure to myself and the people looking at my art" – this is the philosophy of the art of Alexander Yakovlev.
His paintings seem to be very different but at the same time they are
very similar - because they reflect their author's personality. And
Alexander is an experimenter in art. He likes to try something new every
time he starts a new painting.
The artist prefers the genres of portrait, landscape, still live, nu.
Alexander Yakovlev was born in a small town Rodakovo in Lugansk region
but when he was a school boy his family moved to another town. And in
1965 after taking an access course Alexander entered Lugansk State Art
School in Lugansk. After two weeks of studies he was moved up in the
next year, because of his excellent master of the first-year curriculum.
In 1968 the artist entered Kharkov Institute of Industrial Art, the
department of interior and equipment where he got the possibility to
experiment with different materials – glass, lead, dyestuff. Alexander designed drafts of the stained - glass window for the hall of the institute.
In 1973-1974 he was in the army where he designed a model for the museum
of the air defense forces. In 1977 he was appointed to a position of
the chief artist in Lugansk. But this job did not leave time and
possibility for creative work. So he resigned from the position and
started a new job as a designer in the army. During the army service he
developed three museums for the Soviet Army. In 1987 he came back to
Lugansk and in 1997 he became a teacher in Lugansk State Art School
where he works now.