Aleksandra Ekster

By Weis Books

Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (Russian: , Ukrainian: b 18 January 1882 - d 17 March 1949), also known as Alexandra Exter. A Russian painter (Cubo-Futurist, Suprematist, Constructivist) Alexandra born in the Russian Empire (now Poland) to a wealthy Belarusian family. Her father, Aleksandr Grigorovich, was a wealthy Belarusian businessman. Her mother was Greek. Aleksandra graduated in painting from Kiev Art School in 1906.In 1908, Aleksandra Grigorovich married a successful Kiev lawyer, Nikolai Evgenyevich Ekster. She spent several months with her husband in Paris, and there she attended Acad?mie de la Grande Chaumi?re in Montparnasse. From 1908 to 1924 she intermittently lived in Kiev, St. Petersburg, Odessa, Paris, Rome and Moscow. In Paris, Aleksandra Ekster was a personal friend of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, who introduced her to Gertrude Stein. In 1914, Ekster participated in the Salon des Ind?pendants exhibitions in Paris, together with Kazimir Malevich, Alexander Archipenko, Vadym Meller, Sonia Delaunay-Terk and other French and Russian artists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 170048835X
• ISBN13: 9781700488350
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"