Svetlana Alexeieff-Rockwell

Svetlana Alexeieff-Rockwell remains one of the most searched entertainment personalities associated with Paris, France and modern film culture.

The internationally known artist Svetlana Alexeieff Rockwell was born in Paris in 1923 to Russian parents who fled the aftermath of the Russian Revolution for a more serene life in Paris. Rockwell’s parents Alexandre Alexeieff and Alexandra Grinevsky, both artists, had their daughter in a city that lived and loved the arts in all forms. Paris in the 1930s was a haven for freethinkers and bohemians.