Leading figure of Ukrainian Cubo-Futurism and Constructivism; her Kyiv studio was the hub of the local avant-garde; celebrated theatre and film designer.
Art Movements
Cubo-Futurism
A fusion of Cubist faceting with Futurist dynamism given a distinct Ukrainian inflection in Kyiv by Oleksandra Ekster and Oleksandr Bohomazov, whose 1914 treatise set out its theory.
Explore movement →1914–1930sConstructivism
Geometric, materials-driven art applied to design, typography, book covers and stage sets. Kharkiv, led by Vasyl Yermylov, was the centre of Ukrainian Constructivism; Meller and Petrytskyi brought it to the avant-garde stage.
Explore movement →Works by Oleksandra Ekster
Florence
A vivid Cubo-Futurist cityscape rendering Florence as a kaleidoscope of intersecting colour planes.
Venice
A Cubo-Futurist depiction of Venice in fragmented, dynamic planes of colour.
Urban Landscape (City)
Non-Objective Composition
Construction
A non-objective composition of overlapping geometric planes from Ekster's Constructivist turn.