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Summary: Tamara de Lempicka
Emma Taggart, in “The Rollercoaster Life of an Iconic Art Deco Painter known as ‘The Baroness with a Brush ‘, focuses on a Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, her life and her artistic work.
The article starts with a short introduction about the “Roaring Twenties”, a period full of thrilling changes, especially for woman’s conditions. Due to a rediscovered freedom, women crossed over into a new liflestyle.
According to the author, from exactly these women (identified as “flapper”) the Polish artist, called “The Baroness with a Brush”, drew inspiration for her work, in perfect Art Deco style.
The writer reminds us the artist’s story: she started painting very young and, studying art, she discovered Renaissance painters. She and her husband left Russia for political problems, they settled down in Paris, where she met the most important artist and writers, like Picasso, Cocteau, Gide.
Within few years she painted a lot, portraying strong, independent and wealthy women (including herself in the emblematic painting “Tamara in Green Bugatti) and she took part in different exhibitions/exhibited around Europe. She reached a lot of fame, despite some scandals, that end up with divorcing from her husband.
After her second marriage, she moved to the United States where her portraits became less appreciated, compared to Abstract Expressionism. She tried/explored a different style and tools, going through abstract painting, without any particular success. She ended up with her daughter and at the end she moved to Mexico.
Only after her death, her paintings were revalued and appreciated by famous people too. -
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Again, really well done Vale. You’re following the guidelines correctly 👍
I’m posting the picture but I’d like to go over the corrections on Monday if ok for you?
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