Aleksandra Ivanovna Yakusheva
(1900, the village Zhivodovka in the Kaluga Governorate – 1986, Moscow)
Painter and graphic artist

1900 was born to a peasant family

1920 moved to Moscow and enrolled at the Rabfak (Workers’ Faculty) of the Arts run by Vkhutemas

1924 graduated from Rabfak

1925 enrolled in the painting department of Vkhutemas; attended R. R. Falk’s, A. D. Drevin’s, K. N. Istomin’s and S. V. Gerasimov’s workshops

1928 took part in OMAKhRR’s first exhibition in Moscow

1929 took part in the AKhR’s eleventh exhibition Art to the Masses in Moscow

1930 took a creative trip to Azerbaijan

1932 joined MOSSKh, was a member of its administration and chairperson of the Vsekokhudozhnik review commission, engaged in pedagogical work

1933 participated in the exhibition Fifteen Years of the RKKA

1934 participated in an exhibition of young, novice artists of Moscow

1941 left in the evacuation to Kirgizia where she took part in republic-wide exhibitions

After returning to Moscow she participated extensively in exhibitions

1986 passed away