Tamara de Lempicka

Tamara de Lempicka (May 16, 1898 – March 18, 1980), a Polish Art Deco painter, was born Maria Górska in Warsaw, Poland.

Some of her most impressive works included 'Group of Four Nudes' (1925) and 'Irene and Her Sister' (1925). She was known for her decadence and her elegance and both these themes can be seen in her art. Her paintings convey her fascination with beauty but not at the expense of emotion. Works such as 'La Belle Rafaela' (1927) and 'Adam and Eve' (1932) are deeply sensuous and highly individual. In the Seventies her work became fashionable once again, as it has done in the Nineties. Her work sums up the Twenties and particularly the milieu of cosmopolitanism and nobility which she inhabited.
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Tamara de Lempicka (May 16, 1898 – March 18, 1980), a Polish Art Deco painter, was born Maria Górska in Warsaw, Poland.

Some of her most impressive works included 'Group of Four Nudes' (1925) and 'Irene and Her Sister' (1925). She was known for her decadence and her elegance and both these themes can be seen in her art. Her paintings convey her fascination with beauty but not at the expense of emotion. Works such as 'La Belle Rafaela' (1927) and 'Adam and Eve' (1932) are deeply sensuous and... (read more)