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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by Adam Schrader

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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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Cheval

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Étude pour la jeune fille à la fenêtre, 1932

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Étude pour la jeune fille à la fenêtre, 1932

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Bouquet de chardons au livre ouvert, 1927

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Bouquet de chardons au livre ouvert, 1927

Sale Date: May 13, 2022

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WNĘTRZE SALONU, OKOŁO 1924

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WNĘTRZE SALONU, OKOŁO 1924

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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PORTRET MĘŻCZYZNY, OKOŁO 1924

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PORTRET MĘŻCZYZNY, OKOŁO 1924

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Une chaise devant un bureau, 1937

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Une chaise devant un bureau, 1937

Sale Date: May 4, 2022

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LA POLONAISE

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Sale Date: May 3, 2022

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Jeune Fille Vert

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Jeune Fille Vert

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Abstract Composition in Blue, circa

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Abstract Composition in Blue, circa

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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Jeunes filles au bain - circa 1925, 1925

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Jeunes filles au bain - circa 1925, 1925

Sale Date: March 29, 2022

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Roses, 1938

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Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Le Parapluie, 1924

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Le Parapluie, 1924

Sale Date: December 13, 2021

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Putti, 1924

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Sale Date: December 13, 2021

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Etude pour une jeune fille dessinant. 1932, 1932

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Etude pour une jeune fille dessinant. 1932, 1932

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Roses dans un vase, 1952

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Roses dans un vase, 1952

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Femme à la mandoline, 1933

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Femme à la mandoline, 1933

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Portrait de Mademoiselle Poum Rachou..., 1933

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Portrait de Mademoiselle Poum Rachou..., 1933

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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Portret mężczyzny, 1924

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Portret mężczyzny, 1924

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Wnętrze salonu, 1924

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Wnętrze salonu, 1924

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Etude pour le

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Etude pour le "Portrait de Mr. Bush, 1929

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Étude pour le

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Étude pour le "Portrait de Mrs. Bush" I, 1929

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Andromeda, 1919

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Andromeda, 1919

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Femme a la Mandoline, 1933

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Femme a la Mandoline, 1933

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Kobieta z mandoliną

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Kobieta z mandoliną

Sale Date: October 16, 2021

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