Tamara de Lempicka Trivia Questions

Tamara de Lempicka's 1929 self-portrait 'Tamara in a Green Bugatti' is one of her most iconic works, capturing the Art Deco style and her glamorous persona.

Tamara de Lempicka was a painter, not a sculptor. She is celebrated for her Art Deco portraits and nudes, such as 'The Musician' and 'The Blue Scarf'.

The film’s costumes were by Emil Pirchan. Lempicka did paint Dietrich’s portrait, but never worked directly on any film productions.

Her sharp, geometric style owes more to Cubism and Neoclassicism. Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro is less relevant; she admired Bronzino and Ingres instead.

Lempicka studied under Maurice Denis and André Lhote, not Picasso. She admired Picasso but never trained with him.

Born in Poland to a wealthy family, she escaped the Bolsheviks in 1917 and settled in Paris, where her Art Deco portraits of the elite made her famous.

Tamara de Lempicka was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1898. She later moved to Paris, where she became a prominent Art Deco painter.

Tamara de Lempicka and her husband fled St. Petersburg after the Bolshevik Revolution, settling in Paris, where her art career flourished.

The Musician (1929) is a celebrated Art Deco painting by Tamara de Lempicka, depicting a nude woman playing a guitar. It is one of her most recognizable works, selling for over $9 million at auction in 2018.

There is no documented friendship between Tamara de Lempicka and Frida Kahlo. They lived in different countries and artistic circles; Lempicka was in Paris and the US, Kahlo in Mexico.

Tamara de Lempicka trained at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, where she studied with Maurice Denis and André Lhote, influencing her Art Deco style.

Lempicka had many lovers of both sexes. Her affair with Solidor, known for her lesbian relationships, was an open secret in Parisian society.

In February 2020, Christie’s auctioned the 1932 portrait for $21.1 million, setting a record for the artist and for any Art Deco painting.

Per her will, her daughter Kizette scattered her ashes from a helicopter over the volcano in 1980, honoring her love for dramatic landscapes.

Tamara de Lempicka never received the French Legion of Honour. She did receive some awards later in life, but this specific honor is not documented.

No such album cover exists. Lempicka’s work has appeared on book covers and fashion magazines, but not on Supertramp albums.