El viaje creativo de Andréi Yákovlev a Chukotka en 1963 desembocó en la creación de toda una serie de cuadros sobre una vida poco conocida, la de los pueblos del Extremo Norte, exótica para nosotros y llena de una cruda belleza.

Yakovlev Andrei

Yakovlev, Andrei Alexeevich (1934, Moscow - 2012, St Petersburg)
Painter. Studied at a secondary school of art in Moscow (1946–1953), Vasily Surikov Institute of Art (1953–1956) and the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1956–1960). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1961). Winner of the Ilya Repin State Prize (1976). Honoured Artist of Russia (2006). Awarded a gold medal of the Academy of Arts of Russia (2005).