Alexandra Exter
- Introduction
- Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (née Grigorovich) (Russian: Алекса́ндра Алекса́ндровна Эксте́р, Ukrainian: Олекса́ндра Олекса́ндрівна Е́кстер; 18 January 1882 – 17 March 1949), also known as Alexandra Exter, was a Russian, Ukrainian 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.
- Wikidata
- Q242121
- Nationality
- Russian
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Designer, Painter
- Names
- Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Exster, Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster, Alexandra Ekster, Alexandra Exter, Alexandrovna Ekster, Alexandrovna Exter, Alexandra Grigorovich, Alexandrovna Grigorovich, Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Grigorovič, Oleksandra Oleksandrivna Hryhorovyč, Alexandra Alexandrovna Exter, Alexandra Alexandrovna Ekster, Alexandra née Grigorovich, Alexandra Alexandrovna née Grigorovich, Aleksandra Ėkster, A. A. Ėkster, Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Grigorovich, Alexandra Exeter, Exter
- Ulan
- 500024229
Exhibitions
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Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
Through Apr 10
MoMA
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512: Abstraction and Utopia
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 12, 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde
Dec 3, 2016–Mar 12, 2017
MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
MoMA
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Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration
Mar 14–Jul 9, 2012
MoMA
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Alexandra Exter has
21 exhibitionsonline.
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Alexandra Exter Cubist Nude c. 1912
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Various Artists, David Burliuk, Vladimir Burliuk, Alexandra Exter, Vasilii Kamenskii Futuristy. Pervyi zhurnal' russkikh' futuristov' (Futurists: First Journal of the Russian Futurists) no. 1-2 1914
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Alexandra Exter Plate (facing page 81) from Futuristy. Pervyi zhurnal' russkikh' futuristov' (Futurists: First Journal of the Russian Futurists) no. 1-2 1914
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Alexandra Exter Plate (facing page 96) from Futuristy. Pervyi zhurnal' russkikh' futuristov' (Futurists: First Journal of the Russian Futurists) no. 1-2 1914
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Alexandra Exter Neuvazhitel'nyia osnovaniia (Weak Foundations) 1916
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Alexandra Exter Pikasso i okrestnosti (Picasso and Environs) 1917
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Various Artists, Alexandra Exter, Liubov Popova, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, Aleksandr Vesnin 5 x 5 = 25: Vystavka zhivopisi (5 x 5 = 25: An Exhibition of Painting) 1921
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Alexandra Exter Folio from 5 x 5 = 25: Vystavka zhivopisi (5 x 5 = 25: An Exhibition of Painting) 1921
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Alexandra Exter Composition c. 1916
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Various Artists, Alexandra Exter, Liubov Popova, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, Aleksandr Vesnin 5 x 5 = 25: Vystavka zhivopisi (5 x 5 = 25: An Exhibition of Painting) 1921
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Alexandra Exter Folio from 5 x 5 = 25: Vystavka zhivopisi (5 x 5 = 25: An Exhibition of Painting) 1921
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Alexandra Exter Construction 1922-23
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Alexandra Exter Study for Mechanical Engineering Pavilion mural at the All-Russian Exhibition for Agriculture and Home Industries (Vserossiiskaia sel’skokhoziaistvennaia i kustarno-promyshlennaia vystavka), Central Park of Culture and Leisure (now Gorky Park), Moscow c. 1923
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Alexandra Exter Study for Mechanical Engineering Pavilion mural at the All-Russian Exhibition for Agriculture and Home Industries (Vserossiiskaia sel’skokhoziaistvennaia i kustarno-promyshlennaia vystavka), Central Park of Culture and Leisure (now Gorky Park), Moscow c. 1923
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Alexandra Exter Guardian of Energy. Costume design for the film Aelita by Yakov Protozanov 1924
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Alexandra Exter Set design for the play Romeo and Juliet c. 1921
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Alexandra Exter Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1926–30, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Othello, Act One (Othello, Acte premier) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Othello, Act Two (Othello, Acte second) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Faust from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Circus (Cirque) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927–28, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Circus (Cirque) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927–28, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Project for an Operetta (Projet pour une opérette) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Operetta (Opérette) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Don Juan and Death (Don Juan et la mort) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1926, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Boat Review (Revue bateaux) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1929–30, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Project Review (Revue projet) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Spanish Pantomime (Pantomime espanole) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1926, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Light Maquette (Maquette de lumière) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Don Juan, Hell (Don Juan, l’enfer) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1929, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter The Merchant of Venice (Le Marchand de Venise) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1927, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Ballet, Light Maquette (Ballet, maquette de lumière) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre) 1926–30, published 1930
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Alexandra Exter Theatrical Composition c. 1925
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