Born in Ukraine 2. OLEXANDRA EXTER. Episode 6

She was called “the Amazon of avant-garde”, “the Kyiv symbol of new art”, and “the Picasso of scenography”. Olexandra Exter is a Ukrainian artist who the russians tried to appropriate as their custom goes.
The girl was born in Poland but in early childhood moved to Kyiv with her family and became a Ukrainian both in her heart and soul.
While still studying in Kyiv Art College, Olexandra was charmed by Ukrainian folk art and cooperated with different rural crafters.
She continued her studies in Grande Chaumiere in Paris and became friends with bohemian circles of France. In her Paris house, European culture was organically combined with Ukrainian household objects: carpets, ceramics, embroidery, and icons.
After coming back to Kyiv the artist opened her own studio. The Bolshevik riot forced her to flee to Odesa and soon after that, to leave the Soviet Union for France.
Olexandra Exter left her name in art history as a reformer of scenography who offered a new approach to set design and costumes.
During her last years of life, she sewed clothing, painted on ceramic crockery, made puppets and taught in Academy of Modern Art in Paris.
The works of original Ukrainian artist Olexandra Exter can be found in museums of different countries and private collections, being a part of outstanding global heritage.

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