Alexandra Aleksandrovna Exter - Artist Info

About Alexandra Aleksandrovna Exter

Name variants

Alexandra Alexandrovna Ekster, Alexandra Grigorievitch
  • Biography

    Alexandra Exter (or Ekster), the suprematist and constructivist* painter, designer, and co-founder of the Art Deco* movement, was born on January 6, 1882 in Belostock, Russia. In 1907, she studied at the Kiev art school, then at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière* in Montparnasse, Paris. From 1908 to 1924, Exter lived in Kiev, St. Petersburg, Odessa, Paris, Rome, and Moscow. In 1908, Exter showed together with the members of the group "Zveno" in Kiev.

    In 1914, Alexandra Exter presented at the Salon des Indépendants* in Paris and at the International Futurist Exhibit in Milan with Kasimir Malevich, Alexander Archipenko, Vadym Meller, Sonia Delaunay-Terk. Exter joined the avant-garde group "Supremus" in 1915.&n...

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