Tamara de Lempicka

Gioia Mori, Furio Rinaldi, Alison de Lima Greene , Laura L. Camerlengo

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Yale University Press
17 January 2025

Art & design styles: Art Deco; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

A landmark retrospective on the Art Deco painter exploring her intersectional identities

Tamara de Lempicka (1894–1980), the ""Baroness with a Brush,"" is often cast as one of Art Deco's most celebrated artists, though her work transcends categorization, incorporating elements of Cubism and Neoclassicism in a distinctive, sensuous blend of form and function. Lempicka's paintings, including a self-portrait as the driver of a sleek green Bugatti, often depict dazzling, self-assured women, exuding elegance and transgressive sexuality while combining the modern with the classical.

This gorgeous survey presents the full arc of Lempicka's career in the context of her life and her evolving identity, including her Polish and Russian origins, her marriages and other relationships, and her time in France, Italy, and the United States. This book unfolds chronologically through three sections that mark the stages of the artist's life and the evolution of her artistic style, with particular focus on her Jewish heritage, her expression of gender, and her sexuality.

Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Exhibition Schedule:

de Young Museum, San Francisco

(October 12, 2024–February 9, 2025)

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

(March 9–May 26, 2025)

With: Alison de Lima Greene, Laura L. Camerlengo
Contributions by: Francoise Gilot
Edited by: Gioia Mori, Furio Rinaldi
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 254mm,
ISBN: 9780300278507
ISBN 10: 0300278500
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 17 January 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gioia Mori is professor of history of contemporary art at Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome. Furio Rinaldi is curator of drawings and prints at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.