Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff (also spelt Iacovleff or Yakovlev, Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Яковлев; 25 June [O.S.

In 1913, Jackovleff received the rank of an Artist and a scholarship to study abroad for his paintings Bathing (Купание) and In Banya.

He also lectured on Women's Architect Courses and organized his own artistic movement (together with Shukhaev, Radlov and Kardovsky): St. Luke Guild of Painters (Цех Живописцев имени Святого Луки).

[2] Between 1924 and 1925 he took part in an expedition to the Sahara desert and Equatorial Africa organized by Citroën (Croisière Noire).

His African paintings were a big success and as a result Jacovleff was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government in 1926.

He travelled through Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia and China, and created a number of orientalist paintings.