Background
Alexander was born in the village Ozarichi, Kalinkovichi district, Gomel region.
Alexander was born in the village Ozarichi, Kalinkovichi district, Gomel region.
Family life did not work, and the boy was brought up for a long time outside the home - first in Mozyr boarding school, and then, in the fifth grade, when clearly manifested his creativity - in the Minsk Republican boarding school for music and visual arts. However, from a boarding school for gifted children he was expelled. Wandering, penniless, working as a loader ...
Cut out of official circles, seeking spiritual shelter Isachev found it in an environment of Leningrad informals, unrecognized artists. In the 70s, when Isachev returned to his hometown Rechitsa he was determined by its credo.
Affected by years of toil and years of humiliation, incomprehension, and indifference. His creative method can be compared with the mysterious "game of pearls" from the novel by Herman Hesse.
He developed mostly Bible stories, wrote icons for churches. He worked a lot, his works were not called "socially useful", there was an attempt to blame the artist for "parasitism." Still, recognition came during his lifetime. At the end of 1987 he opened the first exhibition of his works.