Tamara de Lempicka is melodramatic swagger, backed up by superb shading of colored areas (chiaroscuro?); it reminds me of Georgia O’Keefe’s landscapes yet the complete opposite. Look at the heart shape in the draping of her lover’s dress, it’s phenomenal. https://artondemand.famsf.org/…/artist/tamara+de+lempicka has all her best paintings, but they feel silly when they’re not life-size. Go see the show, it’s excellent with many pure pleasure pictures.
This item from her wall bio cracked me up
Her homelife is stormy; Tadeusz grows intolerant of his wife’s affairs, cocaine use, late nights spent at clubs followed by valerian-induced sleep, and long work sessions listening to Richard Wagner at full volume
substitute e.g. “Cheap Trick” or “Eminem” 😄
