TamaradeLempicka Varsovia, 1898- Paris, 1980 Polish-born painter, active in New York and Paris, primarily. While Tamara initially gained her reputation as a portrait painter, she is better known for her Art Deco style in paintings. Her primary subjects included still-lifes of flowers and erotic nudes. Throughout her career, Tamara received as much celebrity acclaim for her social life, beauty
A femme fatale to equal Greta Garbo and Mae West, and a fashion icon in her own lifetime, this exhibition catalog is dedicated to the artist as well as the concept of the modern woman she represented. Born in 1898 in Warsaw, Lempicka fled during the Bolshevik Revolution, arriving in...more
A daughter's intriguing look at the life and times of Tamara de Lempicka, a remarkable artist, personality, and icon of the Jazz Age and Art Deco style. The artist captured the whirlwind decade of the 1920s on canvas, painting (and charming) the rich and famous of Europe and the United...more
Tamara de Lempicka's distinctive painting style was as glamorous as her subject matter-the writers, aristocrats, artists, and entertainers of Paris in the age of Art Deco. Born in Poland, De Lempicka (1898-1980) created highly mannered portraits using a trademark combination of soft, rounded forms set against architectural lines and shapes,...more
With her couture clothes and movie-star good looks (she was frequently mistaken for Greta Garbo), Tamara de Lempicka seemed too glamorous to be a serious painter. Even in the years of her greatest success, 1925 to 1935, the luscious colors and highly wrought finishes of her portraits--a suspect genre in...more
An illuminating examination of a groundbreaking painter whose life was as fascinating as her art. Few accomplished artists embody the content of their work to the extent of Tamara de Lempicka. This glamorous Polish-born artist was at the forefront of Pariss Art Deco movement, painting haunting, coolly colored portraits of...more