page_title: Aleksandra Ekster
section_title: Childhood
hierarchical_section_title: Aleksandra Ekster / Biography / Childhood
caption_attribution_description: English: Kamerny Theatre Curtain Français&#160;: Rideau du théâtre Kamerny
context_page_description: Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster, also known as Alexandra Exter, was a Russian-born Ukrainian Cubo-Futurist, Suprematist, Constructivist painter and designer of international stature who divided her life between Kiev, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna, and Paris.
context_section_description: She was born Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Grigorovich in Białystok, in the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Poland) to a wealthy Belarusian family. Her father, Aleksandr Grigorovich, was a wealthy Belarusian businessman. Her mother was Greek. Young Aleksandra received an excellent private education, studying languages, music, art, and taking private drawing lessons. Soon her parents moved to Kyiv (Kiev), and Asya, as called by her friends, attended Kiev gymnasium St. Olga and Kiev Art School, where she studied with Alexander Bogomazov and Alexander Archipenko. Her teachers included Mykola Pymonenko. Aleksandra graduated in painting from Kiev Art School in 1906.
caption: Theatre curtain designed by Ekster.
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