The Dangerous Life of Tamara de Lempicka: Art Deco’s Most Scandalous Painter

Video (1:11:07): Painter Tamara de Lempicka was the ultimate Art Deco diva — a Polish-born painter who fled the Russian Revolution and rebuilt her life in 1920s Paris, becoming one of the most sought-after portrait artists of the Jazz Age and one of the defining women artists of the Art Deco movement.

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About Tamara de Limpicka

Tamara de Limpicka (1894–1980) is of Polish and Russian origins, during her career as a painter she was married twice and had a number other relationships including female lovers. She lived and worked in France, Italy, and the United States. Tamara de Limpicka’s particular artistic style focuses on her Jewish heritage, her expression of gender, and her sexuality.