Tamara de Lempicka

Tamara de Lempicka was a Polish painter who became the glamorous face of Art Deco style. Born around 1898 and shaped by the upheavals of revolution and exile, she rose to fame in 1920s and 1930s Paris with sleek, polished portraits of the modern elite. Her figures are smooth and sculptural, with cool color and hard, elegant edges, capturing the chic confidence of the Jazz Age.

She painted aristocrats, film stars, and stylish women, often with a bold sensuality and an unmistakable machine-age glamour. Her own life was as dramatic and stylish as her art, full of travel, reinvention, and celebrity. After decades out of fashion, Lempicka has been rediscovered, and her striking Deco portraits are now icons of their era.