| Biography |
| 1898 |
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Born Tamara Gurwick-Gorksa in Warsaw, Poland, under Russian sovereignty. |
| 1914 |
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War is declared while she is living in St. Petersburg with her aunt.
Enrolls at the Academy of Art in St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| 1916 |
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Marries a wealthy lawyer, Tadeusz Lempicka.
Tamara and her family are forced form Russia by the Bolshevik revolution and flee to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1919 |
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Tamara and her family move to Paris where she takes up painting lessons from Andre Lhote and Maurice Denis. |
| 1928 |
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Tamara and Tadeusz divorce. |
| 1933 |
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De Lempicka marries Baron Raoul Kuffner, who she met in 1927 when he commissioned her to paint a portrait of his mistress. |
| 1942 |
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Moves to New York which launches her career in America. |
| 1950’s |
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Extensive travel throughout Europe. |
| 1961 |
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Her husband dies of a heart attack, she is deeply affected. She moves to Houston to be near her daughter, Kizette. |
| 1978 |
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Retires to Cuernavaca in Mexico. |
| 1980 |
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Dies at her house in Cuernavaca. |
Selected solo exhibitions
| 1925 |
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Bottega di Poesia, Milan, Italy. |
| 1926 |
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Galerie Colette Weil, Paris, France. |
| 1929 |
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Galerie Zak, Paris, France. |
| 1930 |
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Galerie Colette Weil, Paris, France. |
| 1931 |
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Galerie Colette Weil, Paris, France. |
| 1932 |
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Atelier de la rue Méchain, Paris, France. |
| 1939 |
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'Paintings and Portraits', Paul Reinhardt Galleries, New York, USA. |
| 1941 |
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Julien Levy Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
Courvoisier Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, USA. |
| 1942 |
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Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin, USA. |
| 1957 |
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Galerie Sagittarius, Milan, Italy, organized by Princess Stefanella Barberini Colonna di Sciarra, with monograph by Gabriele Mandel. |
| 1961 |
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'Recent and Early Work: 1930-1960', Galerie Ror-Volmar, Paris, France. |
| 1962 |
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'Recent and Early Work: 1930-1960', Iolas Gallery, New York, USA. |
| 1972 |
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'Tamara De Lempicka de 1925 à 1935', Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, France. |
| 1981 |
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Seibu, Tokyo-Osaka, Japan. |
| 1984 |
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Hollywood American Legion Post, Los Angeles, USA. |
| 1989 |
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Museo Nacional de Mexico, Mexico. |
| 1994 |
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'Symbole d’élégance et de Transgression', Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
'Tra Eleganza e Transgressione', Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy. |
| 1996 |
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'Da Balla a De Lempicka', Galleria Campo dei Fiori, Rome, Italy.
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, USA. |
| 1997 |
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Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Hiroshima, Tokyo-Hiroshima, Japan. |
| 2004 |
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'Art Deco Icon', (Catalogue) Royal Academy of Arts, London, England: May 15 - August 13; travelling to Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria: September 15 - January 2, 2005.
'Drawings', Robert Sandelson, London, England. |
Selected group exhibitions
| 1928 |
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'Salon', Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France. |
| 1929 |
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'Painters of Nudes', Galerie Colette Weil, Paris, France.
Galerie Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland. |
| 1937 |
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'Les Femmes Artistes d’Europe', Musée du Jeu de Parme, Paris, France. |
| 1944 |
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Salon d’Automne, Paris, France. |
| 1950 |
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Salon Des Independants, Paris, France. |
| 1955 |
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'Helene Gallet et Tamara de Lempicka', Galerie André Weill, Paris, France. |
| 1975 |
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'Art Deco 1925-1933', The Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Canada.
‘Fashion 1900-1939’, Scottish Arts Council, London, England. |
| 1976 |
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'Paris 1925', Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France. |
| 1978 |
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'Neue Sachlichkeit and German Realism of the 20s', Hayward Gallery, London, England. |
| 1981 |
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'Art Deco, le Style Moderne', Walter Haas, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 1991 |
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'Les Années 20: L’âge des Métropoles', Musée des Beaux-Arts des Montréal, Montréal, Canada. |
| 1992 |
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'Polish Women Artists and Avant-Garde: Voices of Freedom', The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, USA. |
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