Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Yakovlev (1887-1938)

Mannequin. c.1916. Oil on canvas, 98x70cm. Collection N.N. Efron-Blokh

Painter. Studied at Academy of Arts (1904-13) under Kardovsky. From 1909 participated in exhibitions including Union of Russian Artists, World of Art. Traveled and worked in Italy, Spain (1913-15), Mongolia, China and Japan (1917-18). From 1920 lived in Paris.