Tamara de Lempicka is a famous Polish female Art Deco painter who matched high quality portraits with a glamorous social profile. Lempicka famous lifestyle of extravagance and entertainment combined with her art to create a Polish celebrity that challenged the norms of early 20th century society. Lempicka's lifestyle and non-conformist behaviour helped to grow her friendships with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, and André Gide who also respected her art to an equivalent degree. She also spent a lot of time in the company of key writers at the time as she looked to expand her knowledge and experience in the aspiration of developing her paintings further. When Lempicka passed away, her early Art Deco paintings had regained popularity with high price purchases and displays at high end galleries becoming common again. Stage play inspired by the life of Lempicka ("Tamara") ran first in Toronto, then in Los Angeles to great success.

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De Lempicka worked hard and played hard, even through the depression of the 1930s which seemed to avoid her own life style and career progression. At this time Lempicka painted King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Queen Elizabeth of Greece. Also around this time famous museums and galleries began to collect and display Lempicka paintings as her worth continued to grow. Whilst artists commonly attract comments and views of their eccentric private lives, Lempicka seemed to take things a little further, particularly considering the role of women in society at the time of her art career, and the confidence with which she challenged different social obstacles at the same time, be it about her religion, her sex or her art techniques. De Lempicka went onto paint her child Kizette repeatedly, leaving a striking portrait series: Kizette in Pink, 1926; Kizette on the Balcony, 1927; Kizette Sleeping, 1934; Portrait of Baroness Kizette, 1954-5, etc. In other paintings, the women depicted tend to resemble Kizette.

In keeping with Lempicka's challenge of social norms, she pursued a social life of extremes, be it her bisexuality or her socialite behaviour. She often used formal and narrative elements in her portraits and nude studies to produce overpowering effects of desire and seduction. Lempicka's truly artistic personality helped her to naturally become friends with many key artists who respected her ability as a painter and as a non-conformist.

Famous Tamara de Lempicka oil paintings can be found below:

• Self-Portrait in the Green Bugatti
• Group of Four Nudes
• Young Lady with Gloves
• Andromeda
• The Convalescent
• Nana de Herrera
• Portrait of the Duchess of La Salle
• Portrait of Mrs Allan Bott
• La Belle Rafaela
• Women Bathing
• Autoportrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti)
• The Sleeping Girl
• Adam and Eve
• Kizette in Pink
• Self-Portrait
• The Pink Shirt I
• The Breton Girl
• Portrait of a Man or Mr Tadeusz de Lempicki
• Two Little Girls with Ribbons
• Idyll
• Portrait of Marjorie Ferry
• The Green Turban
• Portrait of Mrs Bush
• The Polish Girl
• Seated Nude in Profile
• The Two Girlfriends
• The Straw Hat
• Woman with Dove
• Portrait of Mrs Boucard
• The Pink Tunic
• The Sleeping Girl Kizette
• The Seashell
• Portrait of Mrs M
• Portrait of the Marquis d'Afflito
• New York
• The Model
• Portrait of Ira P
• High Summer
• Surrealist Landscape
• Amethyst
• The Kiss
• Fashion Illustration
• Kizette on the Balcony
• Woman with a Green Glove
• Suzanne Bathing
• The Dream
• Printemps
• Nude with Sailboats
• The Brilliance
• Perspective
• Portrait of Miss Poum Rachou
• Blue Woman with a Guitar
• Nude Blue Background
• Sharing Secret
• Madonna
• Irene and Her Sister
• Arlette Boucard with Arums
• The Blue Scarf
• Nude with Buildings
• The Girls
• Wide Brimmed Hat
• Portrait of Suzy Solidor
• Saint Moritz
• Portrait of Doctor Boucard
• Maternity
• Nude with Dove
• Portrait of Arlette Boucard
• Rhythm
• Sleeping Girl
• Portrait of Count Vettor Marcello
• Slavic Woman
• Lady in Blue with Guitar
• Arums
• Nude
• Woman in a Yellow Dress
• The Orange Turban II
• Girl with Gloves
• Polish Girl Nude without Arm
• At the Opera
• The Blue Hour
• Nude on a Terrace
• Arums
• Portrait of Romana de La Salle
• Spring
• Blue Hour II
• Young Ladies
• Girls
• Still Life with Apples and Lemons
• The Mother Superior
• The Telephone II
• Portrait of the Marquis d'Afflito (On a Staircase)
• Blue Drapery
• The Key
• Portrait of His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Gabriel
• Portrait of Pierre de Montaut
• Still Life
• Innocence
• Still Life with Arums and Mirror
• Portrait of Kizette
• Portrait of Marquis Sommi
• Mother and Child
• Young Lady with Crossed Arms
• Saint Anthony
• The Orange Scarf
• Still Life with Lemons and Plate
• The Communicant
• Succulent and Flask
• The Peasant Man
• Portrait of a Young Lady in a Blue Dress
• Portrait of Prince Eristoff
• Portrait of Baroness Renata Treves
• The Fortune Teller
• Beggar with Mandolin
• Redheaded Girl and Garland of Roses
• The Refugees
• The Rose Hat
• The Gypsy
• Portrait of Andre Gide
• Portrait of a Man with His Collar Turned Up
• Peasant Girl with Pitcher
• Buste de femme
• Portrait of the Count of Furstenberg Herdringen
• The Blue Virgin
• Tulips
• Mask Plume Cards
• Seated Nude
• Bouquet of Hortensias and Lemon
• Pressure
• Double 47
• Study According to Botticelli
• Quattrocento
• Pot of Fuchsias
• Graziella
• At the Cafe, Man with a Cigarette
• Woman in Black Dress
• Standing Nude (Nu debout)
• Still Life with Grapes
• Woman on a Chair. Weariness
• Vase of Flowers
• Study for the Portrait of the Grand Duke
• Portrait of a Polo Player
• Vase with Arums
• Female Nude Turning Back
• Seated Nude
• Head of Slavic Woman
• Portrait of Ira P
• High Summer
• Surrealist Landscape
• Amethyst
• The Kiss
• Fashion Illustration
• Kizette on the Balcony
• Woman with a Green Glove
• Suzanne Bathing
• The Dream
• Printemps
• Nude with Sailboats
• The Brilliance
• Perspective
• Portrait of Miss Poum Rachou
• Blue Woman with a Guitar
• Nude Blue Background
• Sharing Secret
• Madonna
• Irene and Her Sister
• Arlette Boucard with Arums
• The Blue Scarf
• Nude with Buildings
• The Girls
• Wide Brimmed Hat
• Portrait of Suzy Solidor
• Saint Moritz
• Portrait of Doctor Boucard
• Maternity
• Nude with Dove
• Portrait of Arlette Boucard
• Rhythm
• Sleeping Girl
• Portrait of Count Vettor Marcello
• Slavic Woman
• Lady in Blue with Guitar
• Arums
• Nude
• Woman in a Yellow Dress
• The Orange Turban II
• Girl with Gloves
• Polish Girl Nude without Arm
• At the Opera
• The Blue Hour
• Nude on a Terrace
• Arums
• Portrait of Romana de La Salle
• Spring
• Blue Hour II
• Young Ladies
• Girls
• Still Life with Apples and Lemons
• The Mother Superior
• The Telephone II
• Portrait of the Marquis d'Afflito (On a Staircase)
• Blue Drapery
• The Key
• Portrait of His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Gabriel
• Portrait of Pierre de Montaut
• Still Life
• Innocence
• Still Life with Arums and Mirror
• Portrait of Kizette
• Portrait of Marquis Sommi
• Mother and Child
• Young Lady with Crossed Arms
• Saint Anthony
• The Orange Scarf
• Still Life with Lemons and Plate
• The Communicant
• Succulent and Flask
• The Peasant Man
• Portrait of a Young Lady in a Blue Dress
• Portrait of Prince Eristoff
• Portrait of Baroness Renata Treves
• The Fortune Teller
• Beggar with Mandolin
• Redheaded Girl and Garland of Roses
• The Refugees
• The Rose Hat
• The Gypsy
• Portrait of Andre Gide
• Portrait of a Man with His Collar Turned Up
• Peasant Girl with Pitcher
• Buste de femme
• Portrait of the Count of Furstenberg Herdringen
• The Blue Virgin
• Tulips
• Mask Plume Cards
• Seated Nude
• Bouquet of Hortensias and Lemon
• Pressure
• Double 47
• Study According to Botticelli
• Quattrocento
• Pot of Fuchsias
• Graziella
• At the Cafe, Man with a Cigarette
• Woman in Black Dress
• Standing Nude (Nu debout)
• Still Life with Grapes
• Woman on a Chair. Weariness
• Vase of Flowers
• Study for the Portrait of the Grand Duke
• Portrait of a Polo Player
• Vase with Arums
• Female Nude Turning Back
• Seated Nude
• Head of Slavic Woman