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- Who Was Tamara de Lempicka?
- Rise to Fame
- Personal Scandals
- Lempicka's Decline Amid Abstract Expressionism
- Resurgence and Legacy
- Frequently Asked Questions
Tamara de Lempicka (whose birth name is Maria Gorska) was born on May 16, 1898 in Warsaw, Poland to a Russian Jewish lawyer, Boris Gurwik-Gorski, and a Polish socialite, Malvina Decler. She was exposed to the arts early on and began painting when she was 10, at which point she created a portrait of her younger sister. After a brief time in boarding...
In preparation for her first major exhibition in Milan in 1925, Lempicka hurriedly created 28 paintings over the course of 6 months. Her hard work paid off, and she soon started showing her work in some of the most exclusive galleries in Europe. Her first real brush with fame occurred after she exhibited at the International Exhibition of Modern De...
During her time in 1920s Paris, Lempicka became notorious for her wild parties and her insatiable sexual appetite for both men and women. When she worked, she painted portraits of the rich and famous, including Queen Elizabeth of Greece, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, and Italian poet Gabriele d’Annunzio. Due to her “scandalous” lifestyle, her husband...
Lempicka married her second husband, Baron Kuffner, in 1933. In 1939, just before World War II, the couple settled permanently in the United States, first in Los Angeles, then in Beverly Hills. Lempicka continued down the path of success and earned her way by painting the portraits of many of Hollywood's stars. However, after the War, society's tas...
Interest in Lempicka’s artwork began to revive in the 1970s after the 1972 retrospective exhibition, Tamara de Lempicka from 1925-1935, at the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris. Now, almost 40 years after her death in 1980, her work has become extremely sought after—especially among celebrities. Jack Nicholson, Barbara Streisand, and Madonna are some o...
Who was Tamara de Lempicka?
Tamara de Lempicka was a Polish Art Deco painter best known for her self-portraits and paintings of glamorous women.
Who was Tamara de Lempicka inspired by?
Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka was inspired by Renaissance artists, Cubism, as well as Mannerism.
- May 16, 1898 (Warsaw, Poland)
- Tamara Rosalia Gurwik-Górska
- March 18, 1980 (Cuernavaca, Mexico)
- Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti)
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In 2019, my artwork was featured at the TATE Modern Gallery in London, as part of the Dale Farm traveller evictions.<br><br>With expertise spanning photography, design, computing, and printing, I am deeply passionate about local history, heritage and design, particularly in the restoration of old images of Margate.
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- Dane Court Grammar School, Kent
- Margate, England, United Kingdom
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Dec 26, 2019 · The photographers The Times sent out to capture the rich world of culture this year were aiming for something different: striking pictures that revealed deeper truths about art and the people...
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