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Tamara de LEMPICKA
(1898-1980)
It is unusual for a female artist to achieve any standing in an art world dominatated by men, but Tamara de Lempicka's clear, strong style
(sometimes called Soft Cubism) earned her a place at the top of the Art Deco movement.
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Born in Poland in 1898, she fled to Paris from the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution (after securing her husband's
freedom), and took up art to earn a living.
Lempicka's strong use of colour, and sharp edged forms produced very solid, powerful figures and she was in demand
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| Kizette Sleeping 1934 aka Sleeping Woman. Kizette is Tamara's daughter and often modelled for her mother when young. This print may be the wrong way round. |
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The picture to the left, Girl In Green With Gloves, is probably Lempicka's most famous painting and clearly epitomises
her style. The fabric and hair combine sharp lines and flowing curves and the whole form is strongly dimensional. Yet the
picture remains firmly abstract and modern. |
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