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{{Infobox artist | {{Infobox artist | ||
|image = Alexandra Exter ca 1912.jpg | |image = Alexandra Exter ca 1912.jpg | ||
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1882|1|6|mf=y}} | |birth_date = {{birth date|1882|1|6|mf=y}} | ||
− | |birth_place = Białystok, | + | |birth_place = Białystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire (now Poland) |
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|3|17|1882|1|6|mf=y}} | |death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|3|17|1882|1|6|mf=y}} | ||
|death_place = Fontenay-aux-Roses, near Paris, France | |death_place = Fontenay-aux-Roses, near Paris, France | ||
− | |web = [[Wikipedia::http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | |web = [[Wikipedia::http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Ekster|Wikipedia]] |
}} | }} | ||
'''Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster''' (Russian: Александра Александровна Экстер, Ukrainian: Олександра Олександрівна Екстер; 1882–1949), also known as Alexandra Exter, was a Cubo-Futurist, Suprematist, Constructivist painter and designer. | '''Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster''' (Russian: Александра Александровна Экстер, Ukrainian: Олександра Олександрівна Екстер; 1882–1949), also known as Alexandra Exter, was a Cubo-Futurist, Suprematist, Constructivist painter and designer. | ||
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− | Alexandra Exter The Store exhibition Moscow 1916.jpg| | + | Alexandra Exter The Store exhibition Moscow 1916.jpg|Aleksandra Ekster in front of Nadezhda Udaltsova's paintings at the exhibition ''The Store'', Moscow, 1916. Among the works visible are ''Restaurant'' and ''Violin''. |
− | Alexandra Exter and her students Kiev 1918-19.jpg| | + | Alexandra Exter and her students Kiev 1918-19.jpg|Ekster (seated in center) and her students in Kyiv, 1918-19, in front of a panel painting by Pavel Tchelitchew, who is seated next to Ekster. |
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Chronology== | ==Chronology== | ||
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− | * 1892-99 attends the St. Olga Women's Gymnasium in | + | * 1882 born to a wealthy Belarusian family. |
− | * 1898 moves with her parents to | + | * 1892-99 attends the St. Olga Women's Gymnasium in Kyiv. |
− | * 1901-03 attends the | + | * 1898 moves with her parents to Kyiv. |
− | * 1904 marries her cousin, Nikolai | + | * 1901-03 attends the Kyiv Art Institute. |
− | * 1906-08 reenrolls in the | + | * 1904 marries her cousin, Nikolai Ekster, a lawyer. |
+ | * 1906-08 reenrolls in the Kyiv Art Institute. | ||
* 1908 begins visiting Paris and other European cities. | * 1908 begins visiting Paris and other European cities. | ||
− | * 1908 takes part in several | + | * 1908 takes part in several Kyiv exhibitions, including the avant-garde show ''The Link''; produces her first book illustrations. |
* 1909-14 travels and lives abroad frequently; becomes acquainted with Apollinaire, Braque, Picasso, Soffici, and many other members of the international avant-garde. | * 1909-14 travels and lives abroad frequently; becomes acquainted with Apollinaire, Braque, Picasso, Soffici, and many other members of the international avant-garde. | ||
* 1910 contributes to ''The Triangle'' and ''Union of Youth'' exhibitions in St. Petersburg. | * 1910 contributes to ''The Triangle'' and ''Union of Youth'' exhibitions in St. Petersburg. | ||
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* 1915-16 contributes to the exhibitions ''Tramway V'' and ''The Store''. | * 1915-16 contributes to the exhibitions ''Tramway V'' and ''The Store''. | ||
* 1916-17 begins her professional theater work with designs for ''Thamira Khytharedes'' in 1916 and ''Salomé'' in 1917, both produced by [[Alexander Tairov]] at the Chamber Theater, Moscow. | * 1916-17 begins her professional theater work with designs for ''Thamira Khytharedes'' in 1916 and ''Salomé'' in 1917, both produced by [[Alexander Tairov]] at the Chamber Theater, Moscow. | ||
− | * 1918 Nikolai | + | * 1918 Nikolai Ekster dies. |
− | * 1918-19 opens her own studio in | + | * 1918-19 opens her own studio in Kyiv, among her students are many artists who later achieve success, such as Isaak Rabinovich, Pavel Tchelitchew, and Alexander Tyshler. |
* 1918-20 works intermittently in Odessa as a teacher and stage designer. | * 1918-20 works intermittently in Odessa as a teacher and stage designer. | ||
* 1920 moves to Moscow; marries Georgii Nekrasov, an actor; works at the Theater of the People's House. | * 1920 moves to Moscow; marries Georgii Nekrasov, an actor; works at the Theater of the People's House. | ||
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* Ian Christie, [http://academia.edu/9070351 "Down to Earth: ''Aelita'' Relocated"], in ''Inside the Film Factory: New Approaches to Russian and Soviet Cinema'', eds. Richard Taylor and Ian Christie, Routledge, 1991, 81-102, n227-232. {{en}} | * Ian Christie, [http://academia.edu/9070351 "Down to Earth: ''Aelita'' Relocated"], in ''Inside the Film Factory: New Approaches to Russian and Soviet Cinema'', eds. Richard Taylor and Ian Christie, Routledge, 1991, 81-102, n227-232. {{en}} | ||
* Georgii Kovalenko (Георгий Ф. Коваленко), ''Aleksandra Ekster. Put khudozhnika. Khudozhnik i vremya'' [Александра Экстер: Путь художника. Художник и время], Moscow: Galart, 1993, 287 pp. {{ru}} | * Georgii Kovalenko (Георгий Ф. Коваленко), ''Aleksandra Ekster. Put khudozhnika. Khudozhnik i vremya'' [Александра Экстер: Путь художника. Художник и время], Moscow: Galart, 1993, 287 pp. {{ru}} | ||
− | * Georgii Kovalenko, [http://archive.org/stream/amazonsofavantga00exte#page/130/mode/2up " | + | * Georgii Kovalenko, [http://archive.org/stream/amazonsofavantga00exte#page/130/mode/2up "Alexandra Exter"], in ''Amazons of the Avant-Garde'', eds. John E. Bowlt and Matthew Drutt, New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2000, pp 130-154. {{en}} |
* Georgii Kovalenko (Георгий Ф. Коваленко), ''Aleksandra Ekster / Alexandra Exter'' [Александра Экстер], 2 vols., Moscow, 2010, 303 & 361 pp. {{ru}}/{{en}} | * Georgii Kovalenko (Георгий Ф. Коваленко), ''Aleksandra Ekster / Alexandra Exter'' [Александра Экстер], 2 vols., Moscow, 2010, 303 & 361 pp. {{ru}}/{{en}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Ukraine#Avant-garde]] | ||
* [[Russia#Avant-garde]] | * [[Russia#Avant-garde]] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* http://www.alexandra-exter.net | * http://www.alexandra-exter.net | ||
− | * [http://www.incorm.eu/exter.html | + | * [http://www.incorm.eu/exter.html Ekster on InCoRM] |
− | {{featured_article}} {{DEFAULTSORT: | + | {{featured_article}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekster, Aleksandra}} |
Latest revision as of 23:45, 25 May 2022
Aleksandra Ekster, c.1912 | |
Born |
January 6, 1882 Białystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire (now Poland) |
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Died |
March 17, 1949 Fontenay-aux-Roses, near Paris, France | (aged 67)
Web | Wikipedia |
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (Russian: Александра Александровна Экстер, Ukrainian: Олександра Олександрівна Екстер; 1882–1949), also known as Alexandra Exter, was a Cubo-Futurist, Suprematist, Constructivist painter and designer.
Chronology[edit]
- 1882 born to a wealthy Belarusian family.
- 1892-99 attends the St. Olga Women's Gymnasium in Kyiv.
- 1898 moves with her parents to Kyiv.
- 1901-03 attends the Kyiv Art Institute.
- 1904 marries her cousin, Nikolai Ekster, a lawyer.
- 1906-08 reenrolls in the Kyiv Art Institute.
- 1908 begins visiting Paris and other European cities.
- 1908 takes part in several Kyiv exhibitions, including the avant-garde show The Link; produces her first book illustrations.
- 1909-14 travels and lives abroad frequently; becomes acquainted with Apollinaire, Braque, Picasso, Soffici, and many other members of the international avant-garde.
- 1910 contributes to The Triangle and Union of Youth exhibitions in St. Petersburg.
- 1910-11 contributes to the first Jack of Diamonds exhibition in Moscow.
- 1912-13 moves to St. Petersburg; continues to contribute to major exhibitions. 1913-14 lives mainly in France.
- 1915 influenced by Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin, begins to investigate non-objective painting.
- 1915-16 contributes to the exhibitions Tramway V and The Store.
- 1916-17 begins her professional theater work with designs for Thamira Khytharedes in 1916 and Salomé in 1917, both produced by Alexander Tairov at the Chamber Theater, Moscow.
- 1918 Nikolai Ekster dies.
- 1918-19 opens her own studio in Kyiv, among her students are many artists who later achieve success, such as Isaak Rabinovich, Pavel Tchelitchew, and Alexander Tyshler.
- 1918-20 works intermittently in Odessa as a teacher and stage designer.
- 1920 moves to Moscow; marries Georgii Nekrasov, an actor; works at the Theater of the People's House.
- 1921 contributes to the exhibition 5x5=25 in Moscow.
- 1921-22 teaches at VkHUTEMAS; contributes to First Russian Art Exhibition in Berlin, which travels to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam the following spring.
- 1923 turns to textile and fashion design for the Atelier of Fashions in Moscow; is a member of the design team for the Izvestiia Pavilion at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow; begins work on the costumes for Yakov Protazanov's movie Aelita.
- 1924 emigrates to Paris; contributes to the Venice Biennale; works for Russian ballet companies with Léon Zack and Pavel Tchelitchew; teaches at Fernand Léger's Académie Moderne.
- 1925 contributes to the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris; continues to work on stage design and interior design (which she will do throughout the 1920s and 1930s): designs costumes for seven ballets performed by Bronislava Nijinska's Théatre Choréographique.
- 1927 exhibition at Der Sturm, Berlin.
- 1929 exhibition at Galerie des Quatre Chemins, Paris.
- 1936 illustrates several elegant children's books, beginning with her own Mon Jardin (1936).
- 1937 exhibition at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris.
- 1949 dies in Paris.
Catalogues[edit]
- Exter, Goncharova, Popova, Rozanova, Stepanova, Udaltsova: Amazons of the Avant-Garde, eds. John E. Bowlt and Matthew Drutt, New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2000. (English)
Literature[edit]
- Miuda Yablonskaya, "Alexandra Exter", in Yablonskaya, Women Artists of Russia's New Age, 1900-1935, trans. Anthony Parton, New York: Rizzoli, 1990, pp 117-140. (English)
- Ian Christie, "Down to Earth: Aelita Relocated", in Inside the Film Factory: New Approaches to Russian and Soviet Cinema, eds. Richard Taylor and Ian Christie, Routledge, 1991, 81-102, n227-232. (English)
- Georgii Kovalenko (Георгий Ф. Коваленко), Aleksandra Ekster. Put khudozhnika. Khudozhnik i vremya [Александра Экстер: Путь художника. Художник и время], Moscow: Galart, 1993, 287 pp. (Russian)
- Georgii Kovalenko, "Alexandra Exter", in Amazons of the Avant-Garde, eds. John E. Bowlt and Matthew Drutt, New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2000, pp 130-154. (English)
- Georgii Kovalenko (Георгий Ф. Коваленко), Aleksandra Ekster / Alexandra Exter [Александра Экстер], 2 vols., Moscow, 2010, 303 & 361 pp. (Russian)/(English)