Tamara lempicka

“I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don’t apply to those who live on the fringe.” In Tamara de Lempicka’s world women are fierce, independent and effortlessly stylish. Today her highly collectable paintings are potent symbols of a bygone era, capturing the sensuous glamour and decadence of the...

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When writing an article about an artist, one expects to have some discussion of the art created by the person in question, but in this case, that is going to be avoided. Tamara de Lempicka was a highly controversial artist, and there is no lack of people studying her work, no matter which side they

TAMARA DE LEMPICKA CIRCA 1932, PHOTOGRAPHED BY MADAME D’ORA (DORA KALLMUS).

Tamara De Lempicka was the art deco painter whose work transcended her time – here’s why

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Tamara de Lempicka’s paintings were aggressively modern-looking, and their appeal to the new social elite of her day was no doubt due in large part to their proud and glowing sensuality, in which physical beauty was emblematic of purposeful self-confidence, personal empowerment and success. The urbane and coolly polished surfaces in her pictures mirrored the social ideals of this well-heeled and influential class, which did not hesitate to pursue its passions, but had the good taste to…

ADSNY president Roberta Nusim interviewed Marisa de Lempicka about her great-grandmother, acclaimed painter Tamara de Lempicka. Together with her mother Victoria, Marisa manages the Tamara de Lempicka Estate, devoted to protecting and enhancing the legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most important women artists.

Love, love, love her work. …I think Lady Gaga resembles her a bit. :)

Tamara de Lempicka, Saint-Moritz, 1929