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Vladimir Yakovlev BIOGRAPHY
1934 Moscow, Russia - 1998 Moscow, Russia. Known for: Expressive portraits, flowers, and still lifes created in a spontaneous, avant-garde style.
Vladimir Igorevich Yakovlev was born in 1934 in Moscow, Russia, and died in 1998 in Moscow. He was a representative of the Soviet “unofficial” art movement and the grandson of the landscape painter... Read full biography
Vladimir Igorevich Yakovlev was born in 1934 in Moscow, Russia, and died in 1998 in Moscow. He was a representative of the Soviet “unofficial” art movement and the grandson of the landscape painter Mikhail Yakovlev. Early in his career, Vladimir Yakovlev attended the studio of Vasily Sitnikov, a... Read full biography
Vladimir Igorevich Yakovlev was born in 1934 in Moscow, Russia, and died in 1998 in Moscow. He was a representative of the Soviet “unofficial” art movement and the grandson of the landscape painter Mikhail Yakovlev. Early in his career, Vladimir Yakovlev attended the studio of Vasily Sitnikov, a key figure among the Moscow nonconformists. In the late 1950s, Vladimir Yakovlev joined the circle of Moscow nonconformist artists who worked outside the state-approved system. His work developed... Read full biography
Vladimir Igorevich Yakovlev was born in 1934 in Moscow, Russia, and died in 1998 in Moscow. He was a representative of the Soviet “unofficial” art movement and the grandson of the landscape painter Mikhail Yakovlev. Early in his career, Vladimir Yakovlev attended the studio of Vasily Sitnikov, a key figure among the Moscow nonconformists. In the late 1950s, Vladimir Yakovlev joined the circle of Moscow nonconformist artists who worked outside the state-approved system. His work developed independently of official Soviet aesthetics, and he became known for emotionally charged portraits and expressive compositions. After 1983, Vladimir Yakovlev was confined to a mental hospital and gradually became almost completely blind. Despite these... Read full biography
Vladimir Igorevich Yakovlev was born in 1934 in Moscow, Russia, and died in 1998 in Moscow. He was a representative of the Soviet “unofficial” art movement and the grandson of the landscape painter Mikhail Yakovlev. Early in his career, Vladimir Yakovlev attended the studio of Vasily Sitnikov, a key figure among the Moscow nonconformists. In the late 1950s, Vladimir Yakovlev joined the circle of Moscow nonconformist artists who worked outside the state-approved system. His work developed independently of official Soviet aesthetics, and he became known for emotionally charged portraits and expressive compositions. After 1983, Vladimir Yakovlev was confined to a mental hospital and gradually became almost completely blind. Despite these challenges, his work continued to gain recognition. In 1990–1991, his paintings were included in the landmark exhibition Other Art. Mosco... Read full biography
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Vladimir Igorevich Jakovlev, Vladimir Igorevich Yakovlev, Vladimir Igorevich Yoakovlev
Biography from Anticvarium
Vladimir Igorevich Yakovlev was born in 1934 in Moscow, Russia, and died in 1998 in Moscow. He was a representative of the Soviet “unofficial” art movement and the grandson of the landscape painter Mikhail Yakovlev. Early in his career, Vladimir Yakovlev attended the studio of Vasily Sitnikov, a key figure among the Moscow nonconformists.
In the late 1950s, Vladimir Yakovlev joined the circle of Moscow nonconformist artists who worked outside the state-approved system. His work developed independently of official Soviet aesthetics, and he became known for emotionally charged portraits and expressive compositions.
After 1983, Vladimir Yakovlev was confined to a mental hospital and gradually became almost completely blind. Despite these challenges, his work continued to gain recognition. In 1990–1991, his paintings were included in the landmark exhibition Other Art. Moscow 1956–1976, organized by the Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum.
In 1995, Vladimir Yakovlev was given a solo exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery, affirming his place within the history of Russian nonconformist art.Biography from Sovcom
The artist is a nonconformist. He did not receive any professional education. As a painter, he developed independently, largely under the influence of impressions from the Western art avant-garde. Examples of which were demonstrated in Moscow during the VI World Festival of Youth and Students.
His first personal exhibition was a one-day exhibition organized (together with E.A. Steinberg) at the F.M. Dostoevsky Museum in 1963, and the exhibition “Russian avant-garde in today's Moscow” at the Gmurzhinska Gallery (Cologne; 1970) was the first foreign exhibition.
Since 1968, Yakovlev's works have been regularly exhibited around the world. In 1995, his personal exhibition took place in the State Tretyakov Gallery. In 1990-1991, the artist’s works took part in the exhibition “Other Art. Moscow 1956-1976”, organized by the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum.Biography from Auctionata
Vladimir Igorevich Yakovlev (1934-1998) is a native of Balakha, Nizegoro. He studied in the private studio of Vasily Sitnikov in the 1950s. He became a member of the Moscow City Committee of Graphic Artists in 1976. He took part in exhibitions of the Soviet nonconformist artists. He was interned to the psychological-neurological hostel no. 30 in Moscow in 1983 until he died there in 1998.
In his lifetime his works were already part of solo and group exhibition in Russia and in the European foreign countries. Today, several of his works are in the possession of the big Russian museums as well as Museum Ludwig in Cologne. (tm)