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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Nature morte au tissu gris et au lys blanc, 1941

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Nature morte au tissu gris et au lys blanc, 1941

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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Jeune garçon assis, 1939

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Jeune garçon assis, 1939

Sale Date: November 23, 2009

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Jeune fille dessinant (study), 1932

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Jeune fille dessinant (study), 1932

Sale Date: November 26, 2009

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Abstraction

Sale Date: November 3, 2009

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Portrait de la belle M. I, 1948

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Portrait de la belle M. I, 1948

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Poissons, 1958

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Poissons, 1958

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Figure d'ange, 1950

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Figure d'ange, 1950

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Trois roses dans un vase, 1952

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Trois roses dans un vase, 1952

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Visage de femme tournant la tête, 1950

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Visage de femme tournant la tête, 1950

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Main tenant une gerbe de fleurs, 1949

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Main tenant une gerbe de fleurs, 1949

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Jeune femme Florentine, 1950

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Jeune femme Florentine, 1950

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Ex-libris, IRA, 1924

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Ex-libris, IRA, 1924

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Corbeille de fruits, 1924

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Corbeille de fruits, 1924

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Dessin préparatoire, femme allongée, 1926

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Dessin préparatoire, femme allongée, 1926

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Dessin préparatoire, femme allongée, 1926

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Dessin préparatoire, femme allongée, 1926

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Portrait du Marquis Sommi, 1925

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Portrait du Marquis Sommi, 1925

Sale Date: November 3, 2009

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Portrait de le Duchesse de Valmy, 1924

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Portrait de le Duchesse de Valmy, 1924

Sale Date: November 3, 2009

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La femme bleue à la guitare, 1930

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La femme bleue à la guitare, 1930

Sale Date: March 11, 2004

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Abstract Composition, 1923

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Abstract Composition, 1923

Sale Date: June 10, 2009

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Male figure, 1934

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Male figure, 1934

Sale Date: June 10, 2009

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Figura di giovane donna, 1967

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Figura di giovane donna, 1967

Sale Date: May 25, 2009

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Femme et cerf, 1923

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Femme et cerf, 1923

Sale Date: May 12, 2009

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La chemise rose I, 1927

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La chemise rose I, 1927

Sale Date: May 6, 2009

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Portrait de Madame M, 1932

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Portrait de Madame M, 1932

Sale Date: May 6, 2009

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