The Northern route was Andrey Yakovlev’s favorite travel destination. The artist thoroughly explored the area: he wintered on the island of Svalbard, rode reindeer and dog sleds, drove all-terrain vehicles across the tundra in Chukotka and Taimyr, and took part in a hunting expedition in the White Sea. The painter visualized the theme of the North in the cycles “Svalbard”, “Chukotka” and “Taimyr”.
Andrey Yakovlev was born in 1934 in Moscow. He studied at the Moscow secondary art school named after V.I. Surikov. In 1953, he entered the painting department of the Moscow State Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov, and in 1956 he transferred to the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin, where he studied in the workshops of Evsei Evseevich Moiseenko, Pyotr Timofeevich Fomin, and Pyotr Petrovich Belousov.
Having received a diploma, the artist signed a contract with the “Arktikugol” trust in 1960 and went to Svalbard, where he worked first as a loader, and later as a graphic designer in the village called Pyramida.
During this year of working in difficult northern conditions, Yakovlev created about 300 works. He worked even during the polar night.
Andrey Yakovlev was born in 1934 in Moscow. He studied at the Moscow secondary art school named after V.I. Surikov. In 1953, he entered the painting department of the Moscow State Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov, and in 1956 he transferred to the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin, where he studied in the workshops of Evsei Evseevich Moiseenko, Pyotr Timofeevich Fomin, and Pyotr Petrovich Belousov.
Having received a diploma, the artist signed a contract with the “Arktikugol” trust in 1960 and went to Svalbard, where he worked first as a loader, and later as a graphic designer in the village called Pyramida.
During this year of working in difficult northern conditions, Yakovlev created about 300 works. He worked even during the polar night.
