Alexandra Exter
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Russian avant-garde artist
abstract artist
avant-garde artist
costume designer
painter
person
set designer
stage designer
Alexandra Exter was a pioneering Russian-French avant-garde painter and stage designer associated with Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism, known for her vibrant abstract compositions and innovative theatrical work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexandra Exter canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1797704 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexandra Exter Context triple: [Fernand Léger, taught, Alexandra Exter]
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A.
Natalia Goncharova
Natalia Goncharova was a Russian noblewoman renowned as the beautiful and much-discussed wife of poet Alexander Pushkin, whose marriage and social life played a significant role in the events leading to his fatal duel.
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B.
Lyubov Popova
Lyubov Popova was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist and designer whose innovative abstract and Constructivist works helped shape early 20th-century modern art.
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C.
Varvara Stepanova
Varvara Stepanova was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist and designer known for her innovative contributions to Constructivist art, typography, and stage and textile design in the early Soviet era.
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D.
Alexander Rodchenko
Alexander Rodchenko was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist and designer whose innovative work in photography, graphic design, and sculpture helped define early 20th-century modernist visual culture.
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E.
El Lissitzky
El Lissitzky was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist, designer, and architect whose innovative work in typography, exhibition design, and abstract art helped shape the development of Constructivism and modern graphic design.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexandra Exter Target entity description: Alexandra Exter was a pioneering Russian-French avant-garde painter and stage designer associated with Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism, known for her vibrant abstract compositions and innovative theatrical work.
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A.
Natalia Goncharova
Natalia Goncharova was a Russian noblewoman renowned as the beautiful and much-discussed wife of poet Alexander Pushkin, whose marriage and social life played a significant role in the events leading to his fatal duel.
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B.
Lyubov Popova
Lyubov Popova was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist and designer whose innovative abstract and Constructivist works helped shape early 20th-century modern art.
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C.
Varvara Stepanova
Varvara Stepanova was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist and designer known for her innovative contributions to Constructivist art, typography, and stage and textile design in the early Soviet era.
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D.
Alexander Rodchenko
Alexander Rodchenko was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist and designer whose innovative work in photography, graphic design, and sculpture helped define early 20th-century modernist visual culture.
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E.
El Lissitzky
El Lissitzky was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist, designer, and architect whose innovative work in typography, exhibition design, and abstract art helped shape the development of Constructivism and modern graphic design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian avant-garde artist
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abstract artist ⓘ avant-garde artist ⓘ costume designer ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ set designer ⓘ stage designer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1882-01-18 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Aleksandra Ekster
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surface form:
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster
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| birthPlace |
Białystok
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Grodno Governorate ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Russian Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1949-03-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Fontenay-aux-Roses
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France ⓘ Hauts-de-Seine ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
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Kiev Art School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| familyName | Ekster ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
book illustration
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costume design ⓘ painting ⓘ stage design ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| givenName | Aleksandra ⓘ |
| influenced |
European stage design
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Russian Constructivism ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Constructivist theatre
Ukrainian avant-garde ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Georges Braque
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Italian Futurist movement ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Futurism
Kazimir Malevich ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Russian ⓘ |
| movement |
Art Deco
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Constructivism ⓘ Cubism ⓘ Futurism ⓘ Russian avant-garde ⓘ Suprematism ⓘ Ukrainian avant-garde ⓘ |
| name |
Aleksandra Ekster
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Alexandra Exter self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative theatrical design
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integration of Cubism and Futurism in stage design ⓘ pioneering abstract compositions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Abstract cityscapes
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Constructivist stage sets ⓘ Costume designs for the film Aelita ⓘ Cubist-futurist paintings ⓘ Non-objective compositions ⓘ Stage designs for Alexander Tairov’s Kamerny Theatre ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Exhibitions of the Jack of Diamonds group
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Exhibitions of the Union of Youth ⓘ Salon des Indépendants ⓘ Salon d'Automne ⓘ
surface form:
Salon d’Automne
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| residence |
Kyiv
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Moscow ⓘ Paris ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
St Petersburg
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| style |
architectonic compositions
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dynamic geometric abstraction ⓘ synthesis of painting and theatre ⓘ vibrant color ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
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surface form:
Académie d’Art Contemporain, Paris
Fernand Léger ⓘ
surface form:
Fernand Léger’s Académie Moderne (collaborated)
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| workLocation |
Kyiv
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Moscow ⓘ Odesa ⓘ
surface form:
Odessa
Paris ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (3)
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