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Aleksandra Ekster
Sign in to saveAlso known as Oleksandra Oleksandrivna Hryhorovyč, Alexandrovna Ekster, Alexandra Ekster, Alexandrovna Grigorovich, Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Grigorovič, Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Exster, Aleksandra Ėkster, Alexandra Exter
Ukrainian and French painter and designer (1882–1949)
Key facts
- Born
- Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Grigorovich , 18 January [ O.S. 6 January ] 1882, Białystok , Grodno Governorate , Russian Empire (now Poland)
- Died
- 17 March 1949 (1949-03-17) (aged 67), Fontenay-aux-Roses , France
- Other name
- Alexandra Exter
- Education
- Kyiv Art School , 1906
- Known for
- Painting , graphic arts , stage design , costume design
- Movement
- Futurism , Cubism , Constructivism
- Spouse s
- Nikolai Ekster ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1908 ; died 1918 ) , Georgii Nekrasov ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1920 ; died 1945 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexandra
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ukrainian
- Place of birth
- Białystok
- Place of death
- Fontenay-aux-Roses
- Educated at
- Kyiv Art School
- Employer
- Vkhutemas
- Languages spoken
- Ukrainian
- Native language
- Russian
- Field of work
- design
- Movement
- Russian avant-garde
- Image
- Oleksandra Ekster Photo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alexandra Exter
- date of birth
- 1882-00-00
- date of death
- 1949-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Alexandra Exter
- member of
- Supremus
- has works in the collection
- Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
- name in native language
- Александра Экстер
- pseudonym
- Ekster, Aleksandra Aleksandrovna
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Encyclopedic overview
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (née Grigorovich; Russian: Алекса́ндра Алекса́ндровна Эксте́р; Ukrainian: Олекса́ндра Олекса́ндрівна Е́кстер; 18 January [O.S. 6 January] 1882 – 17 March 1949), also known as Alexandra Exter, was a Russian and French painter and designer.
As a young woman, her studio in Kiev attracted all the city's creative luminaries, and she became a figure of the Paris salons, mixing with Picasso, Braque and others. She is identified with the Russian/Ukrainian avant-garde, as a Cubo-futurist, Constructivist, and influencer of the Art Deco movement. She was the teacher of several School of Paris artists such as Abraham Mintchine, Isaac Frenkel Frenel and the film directors Grigori Kozintsev, Sergei Yutkevich among others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aleksandra Ekster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.