Tamara de Lempicka

The coffee table book "Tamara de Lempicka" is a groundbreaking retrospective on the Art Deco painter that explores her many different identities. The book shows Lempicka's entire career in the context of her life and changing identity, including her Polish and Russian origins, her marriages and other relationships, and her time in France, Italy and the United States.

Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), the "Baroness with the brush," is often considered one of the most celebrated Art Deco artists. Her work, however, cannot be pigeonholed and incorporates elements of Cubism and Neoclassicism in a distinctive, sensual blend of form and function. Lempicka's paintings, including a self-portrait as the driver of a sleek green Bugatti, often depict dazzling, confident women exuding elegance and transgressive sexuality while combining the modern with the classical.

This wonderful overview unfolds chronologically in three chapters marking the stages of the artist's life and the evolution of her artistic style, with particular attention to her Jewish heritage, her expression of gender and her sexuality.

Specifications
Title: Tamara de Lempicka
Author: Alison De Lima Greene
Publisher: Yale University Press
Size: 259 x 297 x 34 mm
Size: 296 pages
Weight: 2134 grams
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780300278507

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