Art Deco was introduced in the year 1920. The designs are related to geometric shapes were the style is simple with basic shapes. The items are labelled as luxury and wealth. There are a lot of paintings and sculptures that signify the time of Art Deco; like the Chrysler building in New York City designed by William Van Alen in 1930.
Tamara De Lempicka, one of the most famous Art Deco artists of that time, by the age of 14 started attending school in Switzerland.
She used to live with her auntie which had her house decorated in fine French décor
where the artist got the idea how she wanted to develop her ideas. When she
grew up, by that time she painted the rich, the successful and also the
renowned. Her work helped her get on top of society making her famous with
other people and also good in finance statements. Then she moved to America were
she had the opportunity to be a Hollywood artist; accompanied by her second
husband. When the world war ended, she went back to France and re-opened her
old studio and decorated it in the rococo style. After years passed, she moved
to Mexico and started telling herself that her beauty is all lost and that is
soon to end. She died in her sleep on March 18th 1980 with the company
of her daughter Kizette by her side.
Some of her works:
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| La Fuite |
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| Tamara in the Green Bugatti |
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| Nu Assis |
Anon. Tamara de Lempicka [online] Available at: <http://www.delempicka.org/tamaras-life/biography.html> [Accessed on 20,February 2014].
1996-2010. Art Deco [online] Available at: <http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/artdeco.html> [Accessed on 20,February 2014].
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