—The rise, fall, and rebirth of an archetype
Suddenly, she was everywhere. As the end of the nineteenth century neared, the archetype of the femme fatale silently took over the conservative wing of the art world. Read More
—Tamara de Lempicka, 1926
“Kizette, you sit for your mother because some day she will be very famous and you will be in a museum,” her grandmother would tell her. Maria Krystyna Łempicka, little Kizette, only saw her mother a few weeks a year, and when she did, it was often to sit for portraits. And sure enough, Grandmother was right.Kizette's mother was Tamara de Lempicka, inveterate socialite and one of the rising stars of the Art Deco moment. Read More
