Artist

Aleksandra Ekster

1882–1949 · born in Białystok · died in Fontenay-aux-Roses

Alexandra Exter was a Ukrainian-born Russian artist, born in Białystok in 1882. She knew the Cubists in Paris, taught in Kyiv and Moscow, and designed colorful scenery and costumes for theaters. She moved to France in 1924 and died near Paris in 1949.