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Alexandra Ekster or '''Exter''' (Александра Экстер) ( January 6 , 1882 - March 17 , 1949 ) was a painter ( Cubo-Futurist , Suprematist , Constructivist ), designer, and one of the founders of Art Deco . Exter was born in Belostok , Imperial Russia (now Poland ) in the wealthy family of A. A. Grigorovich. She studied at Kiev art school, then in 1907 attended Académie De La Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse , Paris . From 1908 to 1924 she intermittently lived in Kiev, Peterburg , Odessa , Paris, Rome and Moscow . In 1908 she participated in exhibition together with members of the group Zveno (Link) ) organized by David Burliuk , Wladimir Burliuk and others in Kiev. In 1914-1919 Ekster had a close contact with Picasso , Chagall , Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine , Apollinaire , Alexander Archipenko , Fernand Léger , Georges Braque , Ardengo Soffici and Marinetti . In 1914 Ekster together with Kazimir Malevich , Alexander Archipenko , Vadym Meller , Sonia Delaunay-Terk and others participated in Salon Des Indépendants exhibitions in Paris. In the same year she participated in International Futurist Exhibition in Milan . In 1915 she worked with Kazimir Malevich . In the same year she joined the group of avant-garde artists Supremus . In 1915-1916 she worked in the peasant craft cooperative in villages Skoptsi and Verbovka along with Kazimir Malevich , Yevgenia Pribylskaya , Nina Genke-Meller , Liubov Popova , Ivan Puni , Olga Rozanova , Nadezhda Udaltsova . Ekster founded a teaching and production workshop (MDI) in Kiev (1918-1920). Meller, Petrytsky, Redko, Chelitschev, Shifrin, Nikritin worked there. In 1919 together with other Avant-garde artists Kliment Red'ko and Nina Genke-Meller for Revolution Festivities decorated streets and squares of Kiev and Odessa in Abstract style. She worked as a Costume Designer in a Ballet Studio of the dancer Bronislava Nijinska ( Vaslav Nijinsky 's sister). From 1916 to 1921, Ekster was one of the leading names of Alexander Tairov 's Chamber Theatre. From 1921-1924 she was a director of the elementary course ''Colour'' at the Higher Artistic-Technical Workshop ( VKhUTEMAS ) in Moscow. In 1924 Ekster emigrated to France. She was a Professor at the Academie der Moderne in Paris. From 1926 to 1930 Ekster was a professor at Leger 's Academie d'Art Contemporain. In 1936 she participated in exhibition "Cubism and Abstract Art" in New York . In 1937 she had solo exhibitions in Prague and in Paris. From 1936 to 1949 she worked as a book illustrator for the publishing company ''Flammarion'' in Paris. Ekster died in Paris suburb Fontanay-aux-Roses. =External Links and References=
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