Artist of the Week

Tamara de Lempicka

(1898 – 1980)

painter

Born in Poland, she spent much of her working life in Paris. Her brilliantly coloured and often erotic paintings were influenced by cubism and neo-classicism. The women in her paintings were strong and independent and sexual.

Tamara de Lempicka moved to the US with her husband as WWII and the Nazis spread over Europe. After her death she was buried in Mexico and her ashes spread over the volcano Popocatépetl.