Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)

Tamara deLempicka is perhaps the most famous painter of the art deco period. She was born in Poland and moved to Russia where she lived until the Bolsheviks arrested her husband during the Russian Revolution. She secured his release and they fled to Paris. There she enrolled at the Academie de la Grand Chaumiere and studying privately. She was quite a prolific artist (in part facilitated by her spare simple style) and was much sought after as a portrait artist. If you are interested in learning more about Tamara deLempicka I highly recommend Passion by Design by her daughter, Kizette deLempicka-Foxhall.

Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)

Young Girl With Gloves (1929) (62K)

Printemps (1928) (45K)

Portrait of Doctor Boucard (1929) (47K)

Amethyste (1946) (56K) Private Collection

Mother Superior (1939) (29K) Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France

Portrait of Pierre de Montaut (1931) (32K) Priave Collection, Paris

Girl Sleeping (1935) (26K) Private Collection

Portrait of Grand Duke Gabriel (ca. 1927) (87K) Private Collection

Portrait of Marjorie Ferry (ca. 1927) (62K) Private Collection

Portrait of Madame Boucard (1931) (80K) Collection Boucard, Paris

Adam and Eve (ca. 1932) (56K) Petit Palais, Geneva

Auto-Portrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti) (1925) (59K) Private Collection

Portrait of Madame M. (1933) (71K) Private Collection, Paris

Portrait d'Homme, inachevŽ (Unfinished portrait of Tadeusz de Lempicki) (1928) (41K) Musee Georges Pompidou, Paris

Portrait of the Duchess de la Salle (1925) (49K) Collection of Alain Blondel, Paris

Calla Lilies (1941) (81K) Private Collection, California

The Refugees (1937) (46K) Musee d'Art et d'Historie, Saint Denis

Romana de la Salle (1929) (77K)

Portrait of Ira P. (65K) Private Collection

Tamara de Lempicka's Studio ca. 1931 (39K)

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