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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Femme à la mandoline, 1933

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Femme à la mandoline, 1933

Sale Date: March 31, 2021

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Kobieta z gołębiem, 1931

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Kobieta z gołębiem, 1931

Sale Date: March 3, 2021

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LA BELLE RAFAELA

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LA BELLE RAFAELA

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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La Bella Rafaela, 1927

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La Bella Rafaela, 1927

Sale Date: January 26, 2021

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La sagesse IV, 1974

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La sagesse IV, 1974

Sale Date: January 23, 2021

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Printemps

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Sale Date: October 10, 2020

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Figure in White Dress

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Figure in White Dress

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Reading Girl I (

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Reading Girl I ("La Liseuse I"), 1951

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Femme au chapeau à voilette, 1943

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Femme au chapeau à voilette, 1943

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Dziewczyna z mandoliną, 1929–1998

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Dziewczyna z mandoliną, 1929–1998

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Portrait de femme - Circa 1930, 1930

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Portrait de femme - Circa 1930, 1930

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Jeune fille à la couronne de fleurs

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Jeune fille à la couronne de fleurs

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Portrait d’Alfonso XIII, roi d’Espagne -..., 1934

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Portrait d’Alfonso XIII, roi d’Espagne -..., 1934

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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L'ÉCLAT, 1932

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L'ÉCLAT, 1932

Sale Date: October 28, 2020

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Les deux amies, 1930

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Les deux amies, 1930

Sale Date: October 6, 2020

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Adam i Ewa

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Sale Date: October 13, 2020

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La Polonaise

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Sale Date: October 13, 2020

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SUZANNE AU BAIN IV, 1974

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SUZANNE AU BAIN IV, 1974

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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La couronne de fleurs II, 1932

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La couronne de fleurs II, 1932

Sale Date: July 14, 2020

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PLANTE GRASSE ET FIOLE, 1941

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PLANTE GRASSE ET FIOLE, 1941

Sale Date: June 29, 2020

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Jeune fille au châle blanc – Girl with white , 1952

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Jeune fille au châle blanc – Girl with white , 1952

Sale Date: June 23, 2020

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Autoportret w zielonym Bugatti, 1932–1994

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Autoportret w zielonym Bugatti, 1932–1994

Sale Date: June 2, 2020

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Still Life with Apples, 1946

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Still Life with Apples, 1946

Sale Date: May 20, 2020

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UNE ROSE, 1938

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UNE ROSE, 1938

Sale Date: May 18, 2020

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