Aleksandra Yakobson

Якобсон, Александра Николаевна

Graphic artist, painter

Born Irkutsk, 20 May 1903

Died Leningrad, 17 September 1966

 

Yakobson studied at the Irkutsk Art School  1919-1924 under I. Kopylov and 1925-1929 at the Leningrad Vkhutein under K. Petrov-Vodkin and A. Savinov. She studied also with Filonov. She worked at the experimental graphic studio of the Leningrad branch of the of the Union of Artists. In her illustrations folklore and fairy tale themes prevailed.

 

1931

 

1937

 

1939

 

1947

 

1950-51

 

 

1953

 

 

1957

 

 

1988