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Historical Artist - Aleksandra Ekster (1882 - 1949)
Russian painter and designer, Alexandra Exter first visited Paris in 1908 and visited there
regularly until World War I. Thus, her style was a mixture of Russian and western avant-garde
styles such as Cubism and Futurism. She began teaching out of her own studios in Odessa in 1917
and then in Kiev from 1918 to 1921. Exter was also a successful stage designer, most recognized
for her work for Alexander Tairov’s Kamerny Theatre in Moscow from 1916 to 1921. She moved
to Paris in 1924 and remained in France until her death in 1949. Ekster absorbed from many
sources and cultures in order to develop her own original style. She was a book illustrator for
the publishing company Flammarion in Paris from 1936 until her death in the Paris suburb of
Fontenay-aux-Roses.
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