A Wanderer’s Vision: The Life and Legacy of Alexander Yakovlev Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev (1887–1938) was an artist whose life story reads like a grand, sweeping epic of the early twentieth century. Born in the imperial grandeur of Saint Petersburg, Yakovlev’s early years were steeped in the rich traditions of Russian realism and the burgeoning influences of Impressionism. His formative training at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts placed him under the tutative guidance of masters such as Dmitry Kardovsky, a period that instilled in him a rigorous command over draftsmanship and tonal pre…