Tamara de Lempicka: Eccentricity, Art Deco Portraits and the Many Faces of Iconicity
Tamara Rosalia Gurwik-Górska, known as Tamara de Lempicka, was born on 16 May 1898 in Warsaw. An artist of flamboyant style, her life was shrouded in mystery, marked by her father's early disappearance, two marriages, and numerous affairs, alongside battles with profound depression. From 1910 to 1914, she resided in Saint Petersburg before relocating to Paris during the Russian Revolution with her first husband, Tadeusz Lempicki, and their daughter, Kizette. Influenced by Art Deco, she debuted her first exhibition in 1922. Her notable works include Kizette sul balcone (1927) and Autoritratto in Bugatti verde (1932), which delve into themes of female empowerment and sexuality. After her second husband passed away, she settled in Houston, Texas, and later Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she passed away on 18 March 1980.
Fatti principali
- Tamara de Lempicka was probably born on 16 May 1898 in Warsaw to a Polish mother and a Russian Jewish father
- She studied for three years at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and then at the Académie Ranson
- Her first exhibition took place in 1922 at the Salon d'Automne under a male pseudonym
- She moved to Paris with her first husband Tadeusz Lempicki and daughter Kizette during the Russian Revolution
- Her paintings include Saint-Moritz (1929), Kizette sul balcone (1927), Ragazze (1928), Romana de la Salle (1929), Autoritratto in Bugatti verde (1932), Ritratto di Madame M (1933) and Ritratto di Suzy Solidor (1933)
- Gioia Mori's book Tamara de Lempicka cites an October 1930 article from Figaro titled La femme et l'Automobile
- After Baron Kuffner's death she moved to Houston, Texas, where she used a spatula instead of a brush
- She moved to Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1978 and died there on 18 March 1980, with ashes scattered on the Popocatépetl volcano crater
Entità
Artisti
- Tamara de Lempicka
- Tamara Rosalia Gurwik-Górska
- Tadeusz Lempicki
- Kizette de Lempicka
- Gioia Mori
- Gabriele d'Annunzio
- Suzy Solidor
- Baron Kuffner
- Richard Wagner
- Giorgia Zoino
- Tamara Rosalia Gurwik-Gorska
- Rafaela
- Marika de La Salle
Istituzioni
- Académie de la Grande Chaumière
- Académie Ranson
- Salon d'Automne
- Vittoriale
- Figaro
- Artspecialday
- MIfacciodiCultura
Luoghi
- Warsaw
- Poland
- Saint Petersburg
- Russia
- Paris
- France
- Houston
- Texas
- United States
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
- Popocatépetl
- Moscow
- New York
- Saint Moritz
- Switzerland