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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'Lempicka,' the Broadway Musical About the Art Deco Artist, Will Be Staged at Sotheby's New York for One Night

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Jeune fille au turban orange, 1956

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Jeune fille au turban orange, 1956

Sale Date: June 23, 2014

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La polonaise, 1933

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La polonaise, 1933

Sale Date: June 23, 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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Etude de cerisier en fleurs et feuillage (study)

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Etude de cerisier en fleurs et feuillage (study)

Sale Date: June 14, 2014

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La veuve, 1924

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La veuve, 1924

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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Indien à turban, 1939

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Indien à turban, 1939

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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Nature morte au lys et au drapé gris, 1941

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Nature morte au lys et au drapé gris, 1941

Sale Date: June 2, 2014

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Le Coquillage, 1941

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Le Coquillage, 1941

Sale Date: May 8, 2014

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La dormeuse (Kizette) I, 1933

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La dormeuse (Kizette) I, 1933

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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Etude pour perspective (study), 1924

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Etude pour perspective (study), 1924

Sale Date: May 6, 2014

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Femme de profil, 1923

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Femme de profil, 1923

Sale Date: May 6, 2014

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French Riviera, 1960

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French Riviera, 1960

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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Figure d'une jeune femme coiffée d'un..., 1934

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Figure d'une jeune femme coiffée d'un..., 1934

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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Fruits dans une coupe III, 1963

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Fruits dans une coupe III, 1963

Sale Date: April 9, 2014

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Jeune fille couronnée, 1954

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Jeune fille couronnée, 1954

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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Jeune fille au turban orange, 1956

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Jeune fille au turban orange, 1956

Sale Date: March 6, 2014

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Akt kobiety, 1928

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Akt kobiety, 1928

Sale Date: February 20, 2014

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Homme nu de dos, 1920

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Homme nu de dos, 1920

Sale Date: February 7, 2014

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L'heure bleue III, 1966

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L'heure bleue III, 1966

Sale Date: February 5, 2014

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Madonina III, 1971

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Madonina III, 1971

Sale Date: February 5, 2014

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Portrait d'Evelyne P, 1932

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Portrait d'Evelyne P, 1932

Sale Date: February 5, 2014

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Madonna (inspirée de la pietà de Michel-Ange), 1940

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Madonna (inspirée de la pietà de Michel-Ange), 1940

Sale Date: February 6, 2014

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Illustration de mode, 1920

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Illustration de mode, 1920

Sale Date: February 6, 2014

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Croquis. Nu allongé III, 1925

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Croquis. Nu allongé III, 1925

Sale Date: February 6, 2014

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