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Tamara De Lempicka

Polish, 1898-1980

Described by one of her earliest collectors as the “first pop star of the century,” Tamara de Lempicka created colorful paintings that radiate with Art Deco's signature blend of elegance and modernity.

Born in Poland at the turn of the 20th century, Lempicka was forced to flee to France in 1918 after the beginning of the Russian Revolution. During a visit to Italy in her youth, she became enraptured by the Italian Old Masters. Inspired by this formative experience, Lempicka enrolled in Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris to take up painting.

Lempicka studied under famed avant-garde artists Maurice Denis and André Lhote, who introduced her to Cubism, and she began exhibiting at the Parisian salons as early as 1922. Lempicka became a fixture in Parisian high society, spending much of her time hosting wealthy elites in her atelier on Rue Méchain.

Exceptional floral still-lifes by Lempicka epitomize the artist's talent for capturing sensual beauty, no matter her chosen subject or style. During the early 1960s, works such as Le bouquet de lilas (Bouquet of Lilacs) show how she masterfully used color and texture to create a remarkable sense of depth in her still-life paintings. Ever the adventurer, Lempicka began exploring new painting techniques even at this mature stage of her career. She used her palette knife as one of her main implements, creating new textures and ways of directly applying color in her works.

With a resurgence of appreciation for the Art Deco period, combined with the success of her retrospective at Galerie de Luxembourg in 1971, Lempicka’s work has achieved remarkable acclaim in recent decades. Much of her work resides in museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée des Beaux-Arts du Havre, and the National Museum Warsaw, among others.

Alain Blondel, the esteemed French author who compiled the artist’s catalogue raisonné, wrote fondly of Lempicka’s uniqueness: “Tamara de Lempicka will always continue to defy categorization. Her art and her life destiny do not fit into the usual framework for 20th-century artists. The idea that art could be a profession was foreign to Lempicka. Her life and her painting were too closely intertwined for that.”

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(Biography provided by M.S. Rau)

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1980 Young Woman in Green Art Deco Lthograph Print by Tamara de Lempicka Framed
1980 Young Woman in Green Art Deco Lthograph Print by Tamara de Lempicka Framed

1980 Young Woman in Green Art Deco Lthograph Print by Tamara de Lempicka Framed

By Tamara de Lempicka

Located in Van Nuys, CA

This image is a framed print after the painting Young Woman in Green (Young Woman with Gloves), also known by its French title Jeune Fille Vert, by the Polish Art Deco painter Tamara...

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1980s American Art Deco Vintage Tamara De Lempicka

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Metal

Printemps
Printemps

Printemps

By Tamara de Lempicka

Located in OPOLE, PL

Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) - Printemps Silkscreen / Serigraph from 1994-1996. The edition of 175. Dimensions of work: 43.2 x 33 cm. Publisher: DK Art Publishing, Inc., Los A...

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1990s Modern Tamara De Lempicka

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Femme a la Colombe
Femme a la Colombe

Femme a la Colombe

By Tamara de Lempicka

Located in OPOLE, PL

Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) - Femme a la Colombe Silkscreen / Serigraph from 1994-1996. The edition of 175. Dimensions of work: 43.2 x 33 cm. Publisher: DK Art Publishing, Inc...

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1990s Modern Tamara De Lempicka

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Screen

Raisins et oranges by Tamara de Lempicka
Raisins et oranges by Tamara de Lempicka

Raisins et oranges by Tamara de Lempicka

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Tamara De Lempicka 1898-1980 Polish Raisins et oranges Signed "Lempicka" (lower right) Oil on canvas This charming still life by Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempicka epitomizes the a...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Tamara De Lempicka

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Oil

Thinking by Tamara de Lempicka
Thinking by Tamara de Lempicka

Thinking by Tamara de Lempicka

By Tamara de Lempicka

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Tamara De Lempicka 1898-1980 Polish Thinking Signed “Lempicka”(bottom right) Pencil on paper This enchanting pencil on paper by Tamara de Lempicka radiates Art Deco's signature b...

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20th Century Art Deco Tamara De Lempicka

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Paper, Pencil

Nu allongé avec bracelet by Tamara de Lempicka
Nu allongé avec bracelet by Tamara de Lempicka

Nu allongé avec bracelet by Tamara de Lempicka

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Tamara De Lempicka 1898-1980 Polish Nu allongé avec bracelet (Nude lying down with bracelet) Signed “Lempicka”(bottom right) Pencil on paper This exquisite pencil on paper by Tam...

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20th Century Modern Tamara De Lempicka

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Paper, Pencil

Smiling Nude by Tamara de Lempicka
Smiling Nude by Tamara de Lempicka

Smiling Nude by Tamara de Lempicka

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Tamara de Lempicka 1898-1980 Polish Smiling Nude Signed “Lempicka”(bottom right) Pencil on paper “Everything that I did was never done like the others were doing... I wanted to d...

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20th Century Tamara De Lempicka

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Paper, Pencil

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