Tamara de Lempicka - Queen of the Modern is the definitive catalogue on the only female artist to become an elegant celebrity in her own lifetime. A cosmopolitan painter and icon of the Art Deco movement, Tamara de Lempicka created paintings that became the symbols of an era, the “naughty” Nineteen Twenties and Nineteen Thirties. She was probably that period’s most celebrated exponent. Published to mark the exhibition in Rome from March 11-July 3, 2011, the monograph follows the complete career of this fascinating Polish artiste who lived in Europe, North America, and Mexico and catalogues the complete portfolio of her art. Through careful scientific analysis of 120 paintings and works on paper, Queen of the Modern recreates the inventive atmosphere of the time, suggesting distinctive parallels and comparisons with modern art. It additionally offers the reader a cross section of Tamara de Lempicka’s life, which was defined by glamour, excess and luxury, however at the same time marked by the monumental and cataclysmic conflicts of the 20th century.
