Fri December 13, 2024 - Sun February 9, 2025

Tamara de Lempicka

With works that exuded cool elegance and transgressive sensuality, Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) helped define Art Deco. Her paintings captured the glamour and vitality of postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity. This exhibition -- the first major museum retrospective of Lempicka in the United States -- explores the artist's distinctive style and unconventional life through four major chapters. The more than 100 artworks on display range from her post-Cubist work in 1920s Paris to her most famous nudes and portraits to the melancholic still lifes and interiors of her final days in the United States and Mexico. Including an in-depth look at the artist's drawings and studies, this exhibition reveals the creative process behind her iconic paintings.

Image Credit: Tamara de Lempicka, Jeune fille en vert (Jeune fille aux gants) (Young Woman in Green, Young Woman with Gloves) (detail), 1930-1931. Oil on board, 24 1/4 x 17 7/8 in. (61.5 x 45.5 cm). Centre Pompidou - Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, purchase, 1932, inv. JP557P © 2023 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Digital image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
With works that exuded cool elegance and transgressive sensuality, Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) helped define Art Deco. Her paintings captured the glamour and vitality of postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity. This exhibition -- the first major museum retrospective of Lempicka in the United States -- explores the artist's distinctive style and unconventional life through four major chapters. The more than 100 artworks on display range from her post-Cubist work in 1920s Paris to her most famous nudes and portraits to the melancholic still lifes and interiors of her final days in the United States and Mexico. Including an in-depth look at the artist's drawings and studies, this exhibition reveals the creative process behind her iconic paintings.

Image Credit: Tamara de Lempicka, Jeune fille en vert (Jeune fille aux gants) (Young Woman in Green, Young Woman with Gloves) (detail), 1930-1931. Oil on board, 24 1/4 x 17 7/8 in. (61.5 x 45.5 cm). Centre Pompidou - Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, purchase, 1932, inv. JP557P © 2023 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Digital image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
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  • Fri Dec 13 (9:30am - 5:15pm)
  • Sat Dec 14 (9:30am - 5:15pm)
  • Sun Dec 15 (9:30am - 5:15pm)
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