Tamara de Lempicka

(Polish, 1898–1980)

Tamara de Lempicka was a Polish painter known for her distinctive Art Deco style. In her self-portraits and depictions of chic figures, Lempicka simplified volume and space into tubular and crystalline forms. “My goal is never to copy, but to create a new style, clear luminous colors and feel the elegance of the models,” she once explained. Born on May 16, 1898 in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire) to a wealthy family, she spent much of her childhood in Switzerland and Italy where she was influenced by the works of Renaissance and Mannerist masters. Living in St. Petersburg during the 1917 Russian Revolution, she and her husband fled to France to escape the Bolsheviks. During the 1920s, Lempicka became an integral part of the Parisian avant-garde scene and was acquainted with Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, and André Gide. It was here that she is said to have reinvented herself, while studying under both Maurice Denis and André Lhote. Her striking portrait of her curly-haired, blonde daughter, Kizette on the Balcony, notably earned the first-place prize the Exposition Internationale des Beaux-Arts in 1927.In 1939, the artist fled the impending threat of World War II for the United States, settling in Los Angeles and later New York. A renewed interest in her works during the mid-1960s led to an exhibition of Art Deco movement was held in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and a major retrospective of Lempicka's art at the Galerie du Luxembourg in 1972. Lempicka died on March 18, 1980 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Today, her works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes in France, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Tamara de Lempicka Artworks

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Groupe avec une mandoline, 1935

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Groupe avec une mandoline, 1935

Sale Date: February 24, 2015

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Nu couché, 1960

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Nu couché, 1960

Sale Date: February 24, 2015

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Natura morta, verre et cerises, 1961

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Natura morta, verre et cerises, 1961

Sale Date: January 11, 2015

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Tamara im Grünen Bugatti, 1929

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Tamara im Grünen Bugatti, 1929

Sale Date: February 14, 2015

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Ville des rochers I, 1947

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Ville des rochers I, 1947

Sale Date: February 5, 2015

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Bouteille et chou-fleur, 1924

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Bouteille et chou-fleur, 1924

Sale Date: February 5, 2015

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Femme assise, 1925

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Femme assise, 1925

Sale Date: February 5, 2015

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Bouquet d'hortensias et citron, 1922

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Bouquet d'hortensias et citron, 1922

Sale Date: February 4, 2015

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Corbeille de raisins

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Corbeille de raisins

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Abstraction, 1960

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Abstraction, 1960

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Roses dans un vase, 1952

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Roses dans un vase, 1952

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Deux nus en perspective, 1925

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Deux nus en perspective, 1925

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Tamara de Lempika, 1972

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Tamara de Lempika, 1972

Sale Date: November 10, 2014

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Un port sous la lune, 1924

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Un port sous la lune, 1924

Sale Date: November 6, 2014

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Man with Hat

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Sale Date: October 23, 2014

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Head Study, 1929

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Head Study, 1929

Sale Date: October 23, 2014

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Head Study

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Sale Date: October 23, 2014

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Head Study

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Sale Date: October 23, 2014

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Woman with mandoline (Femme à la mandoline), 1930

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Woman with mandoline (Femme à la mandoline), 1930

Sale Date: October 21, 2014

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Tamara im Grünen Bugatti, 1929

Attributed to Tamara de Lempicka

Tamara im Grünen Bugatti, 1929

Sale Date: October 18, 2014

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Lady in lace, 1972

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Lady in lace, 1972

Sale Date: September 13, 2014

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Les confidences, 1928

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Les confidences, 1928

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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Portrait d'homme, 1933

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Portrait d'homme, 1933

Sale Date: June 20, 2014

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Suzanne au bain, 1938

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Suzanne au bain, 1938

Sale Date: June 23, 2014

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