Pia Fries POLYPOGON G9 (2007) Oil and silkscreen on wood. (31 1/2 X 23 5/8 inches)
Tamara de Lempicka - The Two Friends c. 1928
A brief timeline of her life, from www.delempicka.org:
1898 - Tamara de Lempicka was born Maria Górska in Warsaw, Poland on May 16. There are claims that she was in fact born in Moscow, Russia.
1911 - Tamara de Lempicka was exposed to the art of Italian masters while spending the winter with her grandmother in Italy and the French Riviera
1912 - Tamara de Lempicka’s parents divorced
1916 - Tamara de Lempicka married lawyer Tadeusz Lempicki in St. Petersburg, Russia and gave birth to a daughter she named Maria Krystyna, also known as Kizette
1917 - Tadeusz de Lempicki was arrested by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution but was soon released with the help of Tamara de Lempicka. They traveled to Denmark and England and finally settled in Paris, France.
1918 - Tamara de Lempicka studied art the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Montparnasse under Maurice Denis and Andre Lhote
1923 - Tamara de Lempicka began showing her work at various galleries in Paris
1924 - Tamara de Lempicka’s work was shown at the Salon des Femmes Artistes Modernes (FAM) also in Paris
1925 - Tamara de Lempicka had her first major exhibition in Milan, Italy. It is believed that she finished 28 new works in 6 months
1928 - Tamara de Lempicka divorced her husband Tadeusz
1929 - Tamara de Lempicka traveled to the United States to paint a commissioned portrait and to organize an exhibition of her work in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Carnegie Institute
1933 - Tamara de Lempicka married the Baron Raoul Kuffner
1939 - Tamara de Lempicka and Baron Kuffner moved to Beverly Hills, California
1943 - Tamara de Lempicka moved to New York City
1960 - Tamara de Lempicka started using palette knives and changed her style to abstract
1962 - Baron Kuffner died of a heart attack
1978 - Tamara de Lempicka moved to Cuernavaca, Mexico
1980 - Tamara de Lempicka died in her sleep on March 18 in Mexico
Tamara de Lempica Innocence (1937) oil on canvas. (27 x 24 cm)
“The face, hairdo, and ribbon necklace hark directly back to various sketches by Watteau. But the result Lempicka achieved perfectly embodies her era’s photographic bent.”
Just giving my art historian opinion here, there is nothing innocent about those eyes. Girlfriend knows whats going on.
Tamara de Lempicka
Andromeda (1927-28)
(99 x 65 cm) Oil on canvas. Private Collection
(Source: onlyartists)
Bettina Rheims 4 juillet II (1990) Photograph.
Etsuko Tashima Cornucopia 04-Y’IV (2004) Stoneware and Glass.
Tashima, a graduate of Osaka University of Art, has been exhibiting regularly since the mid 1980s. Her sculptures are consistently drawn from nature, consisting of large, colorful biomorphic forms. Her earlier work incorporated a wide array of polychrome glazes, which were in part a reflection of the aesthetics of her teacher Yanagihara Mutsuo (b. 1934) at Osaka Art University (where she now teaches). For the past decade, she has refined her palette and streamlined her forms by combining pastel colored glass elements with porcelain bodies to make elegant and dazzling flower-like “cornucopia” sculptures. These works have captivated both critics and collectors, while garnering her prestigious awards.
Katrina Doran Aiyana: Eternal Blossom
Deer skull mosaicked with vintage transferware, cowrie shells and smalti.
Katrina Doran Detail of a small work created in Istanbul, Turkey.
Materials: blown glass, marble and sea urchin spines.
Jo Braun Three Page Essay (2011) Works of the World Exhibit, RavennaMosaico.
Jo Braun incorporates left over building materials, such as stone, grout, nails, screws, washers, glass, and porcelain in her subtly colored, highly textured and rhythmic mosaics
nicole wermers
Zanele Muholi Lesedi Modise, Mafikeng, North West (2010) Silver gelatin print (76.5 x 50.5cm) Paper size: 86.5 x 60.5cm
From the Faces and Phrases installation of over 60 portraits of lesbians in South Africa.
Dana Lixenberg Meeting Room in Town Hall, Zeewolde (2011)
Louise Lawler, Salon Hodler (1992–93) Silver dye bleach print (Ilfochrome) mounted on paperboard (121.9 × 145.9 cm). Edition no. 2/5. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
