Prior to July 3 - Vittoriano Complex in Rome

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Vittoriano Complex in Rome has opened the largest exhibition in the history of the legend ar Deco Tamara de Lempicka Tamara de (Tamara de Lempicka, 1898-1980). Visitors can see 120 works, including works from the famous actor Jack Nicholson (Jack Nicholson). The exhibition will run until July 3.

Lempicka became famous for his portraits of the European elite, met in a special style, which is called "soft cubism". Rome exhibition lays emphasis on the period from 1927 to 1957. Curator Gioia Mori (Gioia Mori) offers a look at Lempicka new eyes: her studies shed light on the history of the creation of many paintings and deepened the understanding of many aspects of creative artists, including its relationship with Italian Futurism. One of the paintings, "Portrait of Madame P.", exhibited for the first time: previously the work was considered lost. The exhibition is not limited to images of "the powers that be", indicating that Lempicka were other stories - she wrote the beggars, saints, nuns, Madonna ...

daughter of famous Polish lawyer and secular Tamara de Lempicka lioness arrived in the capital of the pre-war art world - Paris - from St. Petersburg, where she and her husband after the Revolution was dangerous to stay. It became popular in the bohemian circles, where a number of her friends came by Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso), Andre Gide (Andre Gide), Jean Cocteau (Jean Cocteau) and other influential person. The first major exhibition of the artist was held in 1925 in Milan, the event has funded an Italian count. By the end of the roaring twenties customers have already laid out for her portraits of an impressive amount. At the beginning of the next decade Lempicka wrote royals - Spanish monarch Alfonso XIII and the Greek Queen Elizabeth.

most fashionable portrait painter of his generation, Lempicka once said that he wants in life and work embody Present - but her most favorite painter was a master of Venetian Renaissance Carpaccio (ca. 1465-1525/26).

works of the artist are popular with collectors to this day. In addition to the already mentioned Jack Nicholson, Lempicka buy a movie star Barbra Streisand (Barbra Streisand) and Madonna (Madonna). The latter even shows a picture Lempicka in their videos, but also makes them part of their stage sets.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Source: ansa.it , artinvestment.ru