Art deco icon is the companion book for the 200405 exhibitions of her work at the royal academy in london and the kunstforum wien in vienna. View all images 7 download images 7 table of contents. See more ideas about art deco fashion, art deco movement and art deco. Her actual name was maria gorski, she was the daughter of a bourgeois family.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. This site contains a store and shop, as well as many links of interest. Tamara lempicka, 18981980, female and was bisexual, polandborn, was a polish art deco painter and the first woman artist to be a glamour star. She marries the solicitior tadeusz lempicki in 1916 and lives with him in st. She is best known for her polished art deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly stylized paintings of nudes born in warsaw, lempicka briefly moved to saint petersburg. Experience the mood of art deco throughout her images.
Devoted to social ascendance but also enthralled with the bohemian lifestyles of the parisian avant garde, lempicka found her place as a. Quintessentialy french, deco was the part of an exotic, sexy, and glamorous paris that epitomized tamara s living and painting style. Stylistic development lempicka s travel frenzy may have been inspired, at least at first, by the need to escape the artistic turmoil going on in her mind at the time. She became a wellknown portrait painter with a distinctive art deco manner. She is best known for her polished art deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and. A life of deco and decadence, laura claridge has succeeded brilliantly on both counts, bringing to light the contradictions that fueled the life and work of this provocative painter. All prints, paintings and photos included in tamaradelempicka. She is best known for her polished art deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly stylized paintings of nudes. Contemporary critics, however, dismissed her gorgeously stylised portraits and. I was the first woman to paint cleanly, and that was the basis of my success.
May some of ebooks not available on your country and only available for those who subscribe and depend to the source of library websites. There at the academy of fine arts she took drawing classes, and greatly enjoyed social and cultural life in the evenings. She is best known for her polished artdeco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly stylized paintings of nudes. Lempickas distinctive and bold artistic style developed quickly, epitomizing the cool yet sensual side of the art deco movement. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
Quintessentialy french, deco was the part of an exotic, sexy, and glamorous paris that epitomized tamaras living and painting style. See more ideas about art deco fashion, art deco and artist. See available paintings, works on paper, and prints and multiples for sale and learn about the artist. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at best visual art database. Although she also made prints, lempicka is best known for her paintings, which range from figurative to abstract and encompass portraits, figure. The polish artist lived in paris in the roaring twenties and brought her unique style to portraits of aristocrats, stars and artists. Known only to us, the viewers, as rafaela, she became the main muse and subject for lempicka s paintings for over a year. Tamara lempicka was a polish painter who spent her working life in france and the united states. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Stolen paintings by dali and lempicka recovered artnet news. Her bravery was matched in her social life, pursuing a bisexual lifestyle as she lived truly for herself, as she felt she should.
Though paris in the early twenties certainly earned its bohemian reputation, tamara was playing the game hard by anyones standards. I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society dont apply to those who live on the fringe. It is one of the bestknown examples of art deco portrait painting. Her paintings, like the artist herself, glow with beauty and sexuality.