June 2026

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Tamara de Lempicka's paintings make glamour feel monumental. Her figures, sculpted in light and shadow, fuse Art Deco elegance with modern femininity. Every canvas radiates sophistication, sensuality, and intrigue. Her women appear both alluring and untouchable, inviting admiration while guarding their secrets. 

Sleek geometry and cinematic compositions make her work instantly recognizable. Collectors are drawn to the luxury, independence, and desire her paintings embody. Nearly a century later, her finest works remain among the most coveted images of twentieth-century art.

Tamara de Lempicka lived by her own rules. She favored bold jewelry and often kept it on during romantic encounters, as the onyx and emeralds touched her lover’s skin, enhancing the moment. Treating it as part of her identity—symbols of desire, power, and luxury, whether with men or women. 

Tamara de Lempicka’s first husband was Polish lawyer and aristocrat Tadeusz de Lempicki; her second husband was the wealthy Hungarian baron Raoul Kuffner. She and Tadeusz moved to the United States in 1961.

Tamara de Lempicka, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Diana Vreeland share one thread: identity as a constructed image. This artist and highly intellectual woman turns herself into an erotic Art Deco form, while Gloria Vanderbilt embodied constant reinvention, and Vreeland transformed herself into fashion mythology—each living as a designed visual statement. Women achievers with a story. ©

Where: Taylor Fine Arts: 6039 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232, June 6, July 10, 2026. Juliana Schroeder / EFA / Germany, for LaArtTV.