Laura G, Sassy 70’s<p>By Oleksandra Ekster (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндра Олекса́ндрівна Е́кстер), also known as Alexandra Exter (1882-1949), Motherhood, 1935, oil on canvas, 32 x 25 5/8 in. (81.3 x 65.1 cm.), photo: Christie’s London, November 30, 2005. <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/arthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arthistory</span></a> <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/womanartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womanartist</span></a> <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/womenartists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenartists</span></a></p><p>The artist was born in Białystok, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. Although the artist was not an ethnic Ukrainian, her family moved to Kyiv, where she attended St.Olha Gymnasium (the equivalent of secondary school, as in middle school/high school). She married in 1908. She and her husband emigrated to France in 1924. You will sometimes see her referred to as a Russian artist; however Ukraine claims her as one of their own and many museums have begun referring to her as Ukrainian.</p>