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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Le Turban rose, 1945

Tamara de Lempicka

Le Turban rose, 1945

Sale Date: March 7, 2024

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Paysage de nuit, 1950

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Paysage de nuit, 1950

Sale Date: March 7, 2024

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La Musicienne, 1996

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La Musicienne, 1996

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Femme bleue a la Guitare

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Femme bleue a la Guitare

Sale Date: December 13, 2023

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Man in chechia, 1934

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Man in chechia, 1934

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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La Polonaise, 1933

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La Polonaise, 1933

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Monastery in Tuscany, 1961

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Monastery in Tuscany, 1961

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Autoportrait, 1991

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Autoportrait, 1991

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Adam and Eve, 1990

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Adam and Eve, 1990

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Femme bleue à la guitare (Woman in Blue with , 1990

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Femme bleue à la guitare (Woman in Blue with , 1990

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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La belle Rafaela, 1990

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La belle Rafaela, 1990

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Das Modell (The Model), 1990

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Das Modell (The Model), 1990

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Printemps

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Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Andromeda

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Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Deux personnages agenouillés, 1953

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Deux personnages agenouillés, 1953

Sale Date: November 11, 2023

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Portrait d'une jeune femme en robe bleue, 1922

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Portrait d'une jeune femme en robe bleue, 1922

Sale Date: November 11, 2023

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La Bretonne III, 1972

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La Bretonne III, 1972

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Visage de femme, 1937

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Visage de femme, 1937

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Dwa szkice architektoniczne i studium postaci, 1924

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Dwa szkice architektoniczne i studium postaci, 1924

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Balustrada, 1924

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Balustrada, 1924

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Fillette en rose, 1928–1930

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Fillette en rose, 1928–1930

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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KOBIETA Z GOŁĘBIEM, 1931

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KOBIETA Z GOŁĘBIEM, 1931

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Jeune femme au turban orange, 1956

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Jeune femme au turban orange, 1956

Sale Date: October 20, 2023

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Groupe de nus, 1924

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Groupe de nus, 1924

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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