Tamara de Lempicka Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper:"Saint Moritz, 1929"
Title: Saint Moritz, 1929
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 21 x 28 in | Image Size: 17 x 23 in
Edition | Medium: Edition 100. The print is hand numbered and accompanied by a certificate signed by Tamara de Lempicka's granddaughter and bearing the Lempicka Estate stamp. | Paper
About the Art: Limited Edition
About the Artist:
Tamara Gurwik-Gorka was born in Warsaw or possibly in Moscow (accounts vary). Her father was a Jewish merchant and her mother the daughter of Polish bankers. Her parents divorced and she married a Polish lawyer, Tadeusz Lempicki. She lived in post-war Parisian exile and her husband`s indolence and the birth of her daughter made her decide to make a living as an artist. She trained with the fashionable Andre Lhote and soon made her Art Deco reputation with erotic nudes and portraits of the high-society in which she moved. Famous for her libido, her affairs with both men and women were carried-out in ways that were scandalous at the time. Her husband eventually tired of their arrangement and they were divorced in 1931. A rich second husband and the renewed war exiled her to the US and Mexico. Tamara de Lempicka died in her sleep in 1980 in Mexico. Her wish to be cremated and have her ashes spread on top of the Popocatepetl Volcano was carried-out.
The artist is known for her portraits of wealthy and influential people which are often depicted in a sleek and stylised manner. The painting of Saint Moritz created in 1929 is one of her famous works and this depicts a woman in a fur coat and hat standing on a balcony with a view of the Swiss Alps. There are various stories about who this lady is. It should also be remembered that Tamara had a brief time in boarding school is Lausanne, so the Swiss Alps would have left an impression on her for the rest of her life.
